Tip of the Month - November 2002
This month's tip is another variation of the TETRAD from last month's tip.
If you look at the color wheel from October's tip, it will help you to see
the change of colors. The cool yellow (aureolin) has changed to
YELLOW-ORANGE and each of the other colors has moved over one to the left
resulting in PERMANENT ROSE, ULTRAMARINE BLUE, & WINSOR GREEN as the
replacement colors.
Upon looking at these 2 complementary pairs, a decision should be made about
the dominant temperature of the painting. The TETRAD is evenly divided into
warm/cool colors. I paint small abstracts to discover the color mixes. The
visuals below show the cool abstract and a simple landscape with a cool
dominance.
The next set of visuals have a warm dominance.
When using a TETRAD, choose a temperature dominance. Remember to put a
little warm in the cool dominance and to put a little cool in the warm
dominance.
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