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Color Study in Oil: Complimentary

January 25, 2013

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Here’s 3 of 4 on my color study.  This one is complimentary.complementary color schemecomplimentary color scheme1

What’s great with complimentary colors is that, when mixed, they create a perfect gray.  I loved playing with the different grays I could get as I blocked in this painting.

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I tried to push the cools to the back and warms to the front as I put in the dots.

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And then glazed and glazed to build up some more color.complimentary color scheme4

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Oil Painting, Painting ·

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