How to see and paint colour
Colour - like beauty - is in the eye of the beholder! And in art the colours you use are really up to you, and can use colour to make your paintings unique and distinct from any others. You must be free to change, adjust, enhance or remove colours as you see fit. It's your painting after all!
However there are times when we need or want to get the colours exactly as they are in nature. In this section I will show you a few hints and tips that may help you do this.
How to copy a colour accurately
There are several different methods of copying colour accurately, so click on the picture here to find out what they are.
Paint quickly with two or three colours
Did you know that you can create a massive range of colours by just mixing from two or three primaries?
Click on the picture to find out more.