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Too many blues? And how much is too many?
The color blue is never ever just blue. Walk into a real art store with real art materials and stand in front of the paint display. All the blues are beautiful! Where to start?
First all professional paint brands are full of pigment and have a long reputable history of making good stuff. This BobBlast is how I choose four of my favorite (for now) blues and how I can get more out of just that color blue.
Make a studio reference chart of your favorite blues. The ones I work with in the video are Holbein acrylics—here are the colors:
•Ultramarine Deep
•Phthalo Blue
•Compose Blue #1
•Primary Cyan
Watch the video—After putting each color down, I mix Titanium White to get its lightest value. Then, I experiment mixing a different color to each blue. I chose Luminous Opera to see what wonderful, new color I could make for me. I tried it again with Cadmium Yellow, just to see what would happen.
My favorite blues changed dramatically…and its still in the blue family. I have more choices to make a monochromatic painting or a blue dominant painting. Now, go be a painter of many blues!
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