megroot
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Can somebody help me on the right shading color (oils).
Orange is the complementary color off blue but it just don't look right.
Marc
Orange is the complementary color off blue but it just don't look right.
Marc
shading cerulean blue (Sky blue)
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Hi Marc,
You can try mixing in the tiniest spot of Burnt Sienna (or Umber) as these are essentially dark oranges.
Or maybe just add a little bit of a darker blue like Ultramarine, but as Cerulean leans a little towards green then maybe Pthalo or Prussian blue might produce better results.
Edit: another option maybe a little Blue-Black (W&N) if you have it (I love this paint by the way, its one of my most used colours
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You can try mixing in the tiniest spot of Burnt Sienna (or Umber) as these are essentially dark oranges.
Or maybe just add a little bit of a darker blue like Ultramarine, but as Cerulean leans a little towards green then maybe Pthalo or Prussian blue might produce better results.
Edit: another option maybe a little Blue-Black (W&N) if you have it (I love this paint by the way, its one of my most used colours
)
megroot
A Fixture
Thanks for your help.
Marc
Marc
megroot
A Fixture
thanks again.
I'll tryed Prussian blue. But never got the right color for my taste.
Looking at artist (painting on canvas) they all paint skyblue with Cerulean blue.
At some fabrication sites they all called Cerulean blue sky blue.
So I made the choice for CB.
Looks almost simulair as the coat.
Marc
I'll tryed Prussian blue. But never got the right color for my taste.
Looking at artist (painting on canvas) they all paint skyblue with Cerulean blue.
At some fabrication sites they all called Cerulean blue sky blue.
So I made the choice for CB.
Looks almost simulair as the coat.
Marc
John Bowery
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Marc,
The Powell book has these recipes:
Sky: 6 white, 1 cerulean blue, 1 cobalt Blue, 1 violet.
Shadow: 3 White, 5 Ivory black, 3cobalt Violet, 1 alzarin Crimson.
Hope this might help you.
Cheers
John
megroot
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bigtodd
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I would have to agree that you add a tiny bit of cobalt blue for darker shades. here is a comparison of two oil paint brands and how they lighten (half way down the page) https://artrelatedblog.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/blue-ridge-paint-review/
I would suggest to stay in a saturation mode with the color than to add complimentary colors. If you don't like the look then slowly and with only a dot paint added to your mix add in the complimentary color.
Orange will be the complimentary color and can be added to get you to a darker shade but is more like a brownish grey. Burnt sienna will push it more to a brown.
I hope this helps.
I would suggest to stay in a saturation mode with the color than to add complimentary colors. If you don't like the look then slowly and with only a dot paint added to your mix add in the complimentary color.
Orange will be the complimentary color and can be added to get you to a darker shade but is more like a brownish grey. Burnt sienna will push it more to a brown.
I hope this helps.
megroot
A Fixture
Thanks.
Marc
Marc
Ron Tamburrini
A Fixture
My choice these days for sky blue is paint from the American firm Vasari based in New York .
Video blue shaded with shale , highlight with Tit white. the Shale darkens the blue without changing the hue.
You may not be familiar with these oil paints Marc but they are quite special albeit a wee bit pricey .
The Shale pigment is only really used as a tint and works with other pigments also .
On a footnote : it will get damned close to Mirsofts lady in blue coat
Video blue shaded with shale , highlight with Tit white. the Shale darkens the blue without changing the hue.
You may not be familiar with these oil paints Marc but they are quite special albeit a wee bit pricey .
The Shale pigment is only really used as a tint and works with other pigments also .
On a footnote : it will get damned close to Mirsofts lady in blue coat
John Bowery
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Marc,
The book that I have is called, 1500 Color Mixing Recipes for oil, acrylic, and Watercolour. By William F Powell. I believe that it is three smaller books in one volume. It has landscape colours, skintone colours sections.
I find it useful every once in a while and also Connie schulte's mixes on a DVD/CD.
Cheers
John
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Hi Marc ,
These books by William Powell are what I look at really useful ( perhaps smaller versions of the one John mentioned )
Nap
These books by William Powell are what I look at really useful ( perhaps smaller versions of the one John mentioned )
Nap
anstontyke
A Fixture
Hi Marc
the book refered to by john is available on amazon for approx £8, not sure what that is in euros though.
i have just purchased a copy myself so thanks guys.
anstontyke
the book refered to by john is available on amazon for approx £8, not sure what that is in euros though.
i have just purchased a copy myself so thanks guys
.anstontyke
John Bowery
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Marc,
This is the one I have . It is both the ones Nap shows Combined into one.
Cheers
John
megroot
A Fixture
Thanks guys.
I have a similar book for the skincolors and I have the DVD's from Konrad Schulte.
Gonna look after this, I think it is worth the investment.
Marc
I have a similar book for the skincolors and I have the DVD's from Konrad Schulte.
Gonna look after this, I think it is worth the investment.
Marc
Ron Tamburrini
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Got to be careful re artists receipes in books as in general they refer to painting on a white canvas in a two dimensional world which doesn't always work in the round figure world.
Best used as a starting guide then experiment
Best used as a starting guide then experiment
Johan Kees
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Marc, don't forget that it is very often better to reserve the pure colour for the highlights and only work with different darker tints for the shading. Adding white to a colour does nothing more than fading a colour...
Johan
Johan
