color palette / watercolors
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@demotlj this is very sensitive! I love your story (and snail mail too). I am now very tempted to replicate the idea - I just have to re think my organization! thank you!
PS : may I see your story for your niece? -
@julia I'd love to show it to you but right now it's still in letter form. I hope to get it into book form next summer. I did the story of Balaam's donkey from the Bible (adding my own humorous take on it) and some of the pictures are posted to my instagram account (instagram.com/demotlj). You have to scroll down because I posted a bunch of watercolors over the summer but basically any paintings with donkeys or angels were from the book.
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When painting, using a watercolor palette helps you arrange the color family you want for your artwork. It is far more practical to utilize a tiny palette with all of the colors you want to use rather than a large palette with 50 distinct hues when you only intend to use a handful.
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I think what you're looking for are watercolour triads. Choosing 1 red, 1 yellow, and 1 blue from which to mix all your colours in a limited palette. This will ensure your colour palette is harmonious. For example this is a colour wheel I created with just three primaries and a little colour study of a character I did using this limited palette.
And here's a fantastic resource that will elaborate on the topic and provide many more triads!
https://www.janeblundellart.com/watercolour-triads.html
I could spend all day every day just playing with watercolour triads
I hope you get as much delight out of them as I do!
