December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
3h 39m
English
Limiting the color range within a painting can allow the creation of a work that has a distinctive identity, look, feel, or atmosphere.
A limited color range need not preclude representational approaches. Creating an illusion requires that color relationships in a visual field are transferred to the canvas. These relationships can be maintained even when the range of colors is restricted.
Many artists have limited their palettes to achieve a certain look or feel. Rembrandt painted with a palette limited to browns and blacks with an earthy yellow guaranteeing warm harmonies that reinforced the sense of solidity and thoughtfulness in his painting. The English artist Gwen John (1876–1939) worked with a palette of ochres and siennas, ...