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I started painting miniatures again a few years ago and my appreciation (and vocabulary) for colors has dramatically expanded, especially when I started mixing
by S_Bear 4y ago
I started painting miniatures again a few years ago and my appreciation (and vocabulary) for colors has dramatically expanded, especially when I started mixing primaries from scratch. I literally see the world in a different, richer way. I wish I would have realized this sooner.
Maybe gutting art programs in American public schools was a bad idea.
- dekhn 4y agoI can second this: spend a lot of time working with subtle color variations (not just frequency, but the various matte/shiny bits). I learned I LOVE highly saturated colors. Recent car paint was also a revelation to me (https://www.blackbirdspyplane.com/p/why-do-new-cars-look-like-this https://www.blackbirdspyplane.com/p/why-do-new-cars-look-lik...).