Art in the Making by Jenny Armitage » demonstrations http://dancingfeatherstudio.com/blog A Painting Blog Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:55:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 A Paint Box Full of Gray http://dancingfeatherstudio.com/blog/2009/05/22/a-paint-box-full-of-gray/ http://dancingfeatherstudio.com/blog/2009/05/22/a-paint-box-full-of-gray/#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 01:03:04 +0000 Jenny Armitage http://dancingfeatherstudio.com/blog/?p=519 There are various premixed grays and browns on the market, but I don’t use them. Nature doesn’t come in neutral gray, it comes in a infinite variety of grays and browns. The best neutrals for any painting are always mixed from the palette. Shadows look more real if mixed from the colors in the wall or ground on which it falls.

And grays are so easy to mix. To get gray, mix any color with it’s compliment: yellow and purple; blue and orange; red and green. Add more of the warm half of the duo and you get a warm gray or brown. Add more of the cool compliment and you get cool gray.

A Few Mixed Grays

A Few Mixed Grays

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