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Author: Johannes_Vloothuis, Contributing Editor
| 36. Brush strokes should be done with an inward motion and towards the center of interest. |
| Some advice on color |
| The color palette is to the artist like the music notes to a musician. They should play harmoniously. |
| 37. Don’t waste time mixing pigments on your palette; rather mix them on canvas or watercolor paper. This will give you many more variations of color instead of a dull premixed outcome. Allow the colors to mix in the eye by variegating them. Avoid having more than three hues in one area. |
![]() | Fig. 57. Observe all the variations of color that appear in the stone shadows. Instead of mixing blue, sienna , and orange on the palette, the artist slightly decreased the chroma from the colors that come directly from the tube and applied the colors to the shadow part of the rocks. |
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