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Artists spend a lot of time thinking about their palettes; how many colors, which colors, how big, and so forth. My palette is too large to hold in my hand so I keep it on a cart next to the easel. The palette has to be big enough to contain my color assortment and premixed tones. Not all artists use premixed tones but I always have some and I make sure the palette is large enough to accommodate them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this photo of today’s palette, the usual assortment of colors is arranged around the edges, which leaves the center available for the premixed colors and piles of white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/span>In the Studio Oct. 14 2012<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Because I paint a lot of figures, I always have some premixed values of burnt sienna. Burnt sienna is flexible enough to handle nearly any flesh tone with simple modifications. Notice that I don’t have any unmodified burnt sienna. I realized one day that when flesh is in deep shadow, it’s always heavily modified, either with red overtones or complements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the burnt sienna values, I mix neutral grays or, as shown here, some cool and warm values. This particular palette has two values of cool gray based on cobalt blue-black. The warm values are raw umber. Raw umber is an important color because it is transparent and quick-drying. Some artists use it for sketching and underpainting. Raw umber is a beautiful color. Transparent darks are the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/span>In the Studio—10\/28\/12<\/span><\/a><\/div>

I always have a pile of ivory black too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some artists are extremely organized and prepare a large number of values before starting to paint. Vasari criticized the Renaissance master Carlo Crivelli<\/a> for his over-refinement. Crivelli laborusly prepared dozens of values. Vasari also thought that Ceivelli’s habit of preparing a pile of boiled eggs in the morning and eating them throughout the workday was bizarre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more<\/span>Hurricane Sandy<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Perhaps Crivelli took this habit too far but mixing values every day is a good habit for artists and trains the eye. You can also learn a lot about the quality of different brands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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