I love the quinacridone colors, but now that it's summer, I'm not sure that the intense tones of the quin colors are meeting my needs. My plein air paintings need more subtle color. I may be adding earth tones to my palette.
I've pulled out the sepias, the raw siennas, the umbers.....and they look very enticing. I think I'll add them to my summer plein air painting as well as to my studio work. I've just completed a commission of hydrangeas and I did need some of the earth tones to complete it. I'll be painting in several plein air competitions and hope to be using some of these warm colors to mix my greens.
I always use a round or square palette that has nice sized indentations on all four sides for holding paint. I like to arrange my colors in the order of the color wheel. It's pragmatic. It's logical. It makes sense. When I'm mixing my grays and blacks, I don't even have to think, because my complements are already across from each other.
I'll let you know how adding the earth tones to my palette work....I"m guessing my color mixes will be more subtle and richer.
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