COLOUR IS ONE OF THE GREATEST joys in the whole painting process. Sometimes, just sitting and mixing colour with no serious agenda other than the pleasure of seeing colours unfold is all that is needed. Comparing the chromatic intensities and temperatures of the mixtures is a great way to keep energised with your art through the bleak winter months.
Even though colour in painting can seem like a mystery, colour practices can be organised and understood in a way that can help painters make choices and develop their own approaches.
The following will present the core colour methods that have been the most present and usable approaches of the past two hundred years.
One of the hallmarks of Impressionist painting and colour is the description of the varying qualities of ambient light and how it changes and affects
