BobBlast 476 - Best of BobBlast "Practicing with Effective Color Combinations"

Weekly BobBlast Issue 476
Best of BobBlast - Practicing with Effective Color Combinations
Welcome Back to Another BobBlast!

This week I am in the midst of a private lesson in my studio! I enjoy working one-on-one with painters who just need/want some mentoring! We are working with concepts and color, so I thought it would be great to share this Best of BobBlast about color combinations.

Many of you have asked where my Goof-Proof Color Wheel can be purchased. I sell them on my website - you can have a physical one shipped to you, or a digital that you print out! But here is the BEST NEWS: I have a Color Wheel app - info is on my website.

Now… on to this week’s BobBlast!

Practice makes perfect... or something like that! I just like being in the studio! This BobBlast is all about the starting points of a painting - one of my 4 Cs that i determine before starting to paint:

What is the Concept?
What is the Composition?
What is the Color Combination?
and Stay Committed to all of the above!

To determine your Color Combination, use a Color Wheel - It's one of your tools in your toolbox. All of the pleasing combinations have been worked out for us on the Standard Color Wheel - and if you are just getting started, practice painting with a triadic color combination, like Red, Yellow and Blue.

Besides the Standard Color Wheel, I could also use my own Goof-Proof Color Wheel - using only 4 colors for a painting... in today's demo, you will see me practice with Holbein Acrylic Inks and Titanium White.

For this demo, here is my Color Combination, using my Goof-proof Color Wheel:
Dominant Color is Blue
Focal Point Color is Red Yellow
Spice Colors are Magenta and Green Yellow

The dominant color blue has already been spread on the surface. The background is a loose abstract. My concept is to paint a vertical figure on top of the abstract.

Summary:
Concept is a Figure in an Abstract
Composition is Vertical
Color combination is Blue Dominant

After the dominant color is on the surface of the painting, I add the focal point color - as a loose figure. The spice colors are always placed near the focal point. Then I re-establish the dominant color for more contrast.

This loose painting warmup exercise gets me going early in the studio and in my workshops. Keep your brushes wet!

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