Composing and Drawing Tip of the Week.

April 5 , 2014
 
      
What do these hues have in common?
 

Here they are in their relative positions on the color wheel.


 
These are our tertiary hues.  Artist will often use the label tertiary for mixtures made of all three primaries.  That, too, is a correct use of the word, but I prefer calling those neutrals, saving the label tertiary to designate the hue's relative position to the other hues on the color wheel.  
 
Tip:  Any three tertiary hues have one color in common.  Within that set of three, the coolest one will create a vibrant shadow when mixed with the warmest.

A good example is red violet and blue green.  Here's an analysis for how they can work for painting shadows found in this lady slipper.
 
 
 
Happy painting,
Dianne

P. S.  Try using a warm/cool tertiary set to express your shadows and share your results with us on the  Facebook Forum. 
 
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