Making a Quick Color Gradient
Added 2025-09-27 13:16:39 +0000 UTCMaking a Quick Color Gradient:
Before I start painting, I make a quick general color gradient curated for the area I’m about to paint. If it’s a green section, I mix a green gradient scale; if it’s yellowish, I make a yellow gradient and so on….If I don’t yet know what the color will be because I’m still discovering it, I create a general spectrum.
So here I am, with my palette, beginning with a generous pool of white and yellow, mixed abundantly so I can continually cut into it. With each subsequent pigment, I move down the scale, gradually shifting the mixture. As I go, I increase the chroma by introducing greens, especially earthier modifiers like raw umber and Van Dyke brown.
I have a Galkyd gel agent used for speed up drying.
Palette: All Micheal Harding Brand Oils
Lead White
Yellow Ochre
Naples Yellow
Indian Yellow
Raw Sienna
Burnt Sienna
Raw Umber
Transparent Red Oxide
Green Umber
Van Dyke Brown
Permanent Green Light
Cadmium Red
Comments
Posted,,, but here is the list: Palette: • Lead White • Yellow Ochre • Naples Yellow • Indian Yellow • Raw Sienna • Burnt Sienna • Raw Umber • Transparent Red Oxide • Green Umber • Van Dyke Brown • Permanent Green Light • Cadmium Red
colleen barry
2025-09-27 15:00:15 +0000 UTCCould you please share the pigments on your palette?
Aimeric Gautherin
2025-09-27 14:24:24 +0000 UTC
