Learning objectives
■ How to put your own mark on your paintings
■ Learn a tried-and-tested process
∎ Try colour-mixing ideas
DENIS'S USUAL PALETTE
Using a palette of six or seven colours plus alkyd white is enough. I could get by on just the primaries (red, yellow and blue) but it is convenient to have a base green (olive) and burnt sienna for speed and convenience. They are also good mix modifiers. My usual palette comprises:
● Lemon yellow
● Yellow ochre
● Cadmium yellow
● Burnt sienna
● Alizarin crimson
● Olive green
● Cobalt blue or cerulean blue
● Alkyd titanium white (for fast drying)
Sometimes I also
