Showing posts with label selecting a palette. Show all posts
Showing posts with label selecting a palette. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Same shapes, different colors

24 x 24, pastel on sanded paper
These colors feel normal to me. Vibrant blues and violets and yellows. It's as if these colors are my best friends, or maybe they are my comfort colors (like comfort food with fewer calories!).

Reminds me of Van Gogh's "Portrait of a Peasant" painting I saw at the Norton Simon Museum recently.

How do you select your palette for a painting? By mood? By habit? By trial and error?