Last week, I talked about getting carried away with colour, and failing to work with a plan.
This week, I’m focusing on a new piece where I did have a plan.
This time, I planned a strict 6 colour palette: cadmium yellow, burnt sienna, cadmium orange, ultramarine blue, Indian red and burnt umber.
The result is a harmonious little painting that (quality of camera aside) has subtle, changing hues and a soft pastel tone throughout. It feels like a frosty early morning scene, even though there’s no hint of sky, or even any real background cementing this horse into a setting.
Limiting the colour palette allowed me to think about the colours as I was adding them, and pasting them on like cake icing is always liberating.
What are your personal colour theories? What works best for you, limiting, or expanding your palette?
Art Inspired By Nature And The Cosmos 
It worked very well.
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Thank you Inese!
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