My sixth project from Little Ways to Learn Acrylics. The border should have been a lot subtler, so the blue showed through more. Not quite a Rothko. 🙂
Colour field
colour
Hue, tint, tone, and shade
A really helpful guide to the difference between these colour-theory terms.
Elephant
My fifth project from Little Ways to Learn Acrylics. This was the one my eldest daughter asked me to paint for her. I found it quite hard—especially mixing the greens and greys, which didn’t really come out like the book. This was my second attempt too (I chucked the first one in the bin).
Simple sunset
My fourth project from Little Ways to Learn Acrylics. Finally got to use some of my warm colours.
Colour wheels
I’ve been reading a bit about colour theory and had a go at creating my first colour wheels. The wheel on the left is based on my warm primaries, and the one on the right is based on my cool primaries. You can see I completely stuffed up some (most?) of the mixing, especially along the bottom of the right-hand wheel, where two of the colours look nearly black. But it was a worthwhile exercise, one I’ll revisit.
