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Author: Scott_Burkett, Contributing Editor
 | Moving on, I took each dab of color on my palette knife and compared them to the colors in the "squinted version" of the image.
This shot shows two things of interest: first, and more importantly is the good match for my tree I discovered! (Turns out the Utrecht Naples Yellow Hue worked well here); secondly, holding the knife up allows you to see the closeup of the "squinted" version of the image at the same time. Handy, huh? |
| Some of you may be wondering why I used Utrecht Naples Yellow Hue rather than Winsor & Newton's Naples Yellow. Any flavor of paint suffixed with the word "hue" means that while it is technically the color it purports to be, it has less actual pigment. The paint manufacturers do this to offset costs for art students and beginners for which higher quality paints demand.
My two tubes of Naples Yellow (the hue, and the normal one) are made from two different manufacturers. This, inherently, gives them slightly different properties. The Utrecht Naples Yellow Hue was oiler than the real Winsor & Newton Naples Yellow. As such, it produced a different green. I could have squirted out more of the W&N Naples Yellow to make the green a bit richer, however the hue substitute seemed to worked well for this quick painting. Okay, moving on… |
 | If you are pressed for time, or having trouble deciding between more than 1 color, simply press your palette knife across the piles horiztonally.
Then . . . |
 | Bring that palette knife up to your image (or horizon, if you are working outdoors), and compare!
I decided that the right color- Winsor Lemon, (Winsor & Newton), would do the trick for the foreground. |
| I also laid out a mongo-tube of Titanium White (150 ml), and a bit of Mussini Raw Umber.
The white is used for tinting or lightening values, and the umber for a good darkening agent. |  |
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