Violet/Yellow Complimentary Value study

Continuing on with the series on complimentary value studies. Last night was violet and it's compliment yellow.

Color palette included:
Deep Violet
Primary Yellow
Titanium White
Mars Black

All photos are Liquitex Acrylic paint shot with a Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone.

Violet/Yellow Complimentary Value study - June 5, 2014 (18x24)

Blue/Orange Complimentary Value study

I want to begin my next series of color theory/color scheme studies with compliments, but since I almost never work exclusively with pure, undiluted color I'm making sure to include that these are also value studies.

I feel cadmium orange is too red so I now "cut" it with primary yellow to get what I think is a better orange to work with.

Color palette included:
Primary Blue
Cadmium Orange Hue
Titanium White
Mars Black
Primary Yellow

All photos are Liquitex Acrylic paint shot with a Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone.

Blue/Orange Complimentary Value study - May 28, 2014 (18x24)

Yellow Split Complimentary study

Finished off the series. Yellow with it's split compliments violet-red and violet-blue.

Color palette included:
Primary Yellow
Titanium White
Mars Black
Deep Violet
Primary Blue
Naphthol Crimson

All photos are Liquitex Acrylic paint shot with a Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone.

Yellow Split Complimentary study - May 26, 2014 (18x24)

Orange Split Complimentary study

Orange with it's split compliments - blue green and blue-violet. About 2 hours of work. Tonight with finish the split complimentary series with yellow.

Color palette included:
Cadmium Orange Hue
Titanium White
Mars Black
Primary Blue
Phthalocyanine Green
Deep Violet

All photos are Liquitex Acrylic paint shot with a Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone.

Orange Split Complimentary study - May 12, 2014 (18x24)

Red Split Complimentary study

Red split complimentary study using green-yellow and green-blue as the split compliments. About 3 hours of work but not quite finished - but considering it to be close enough.

Makes me think of a watermelon....

Color palette included:
Naphthol Crimson
Titanium White
Mars Black
Phthalocyanine Green
Primary Yellow
Primary Blue

All photos are Liquitex Acrylic paint shot with a Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone.

Red Split Complimentary study - May 8, 2014 (18x24)

Violet Split Complimentary study

Third in the series and I'm happy with what I learned. I feel like I should add more violet but I'll leave it as is.

All the cool colors are done - off to the warm colors tonight.

Color palette included:
Deep Violet
Titanium White
Mars Black
Primary Yellow
Phthalocyanine Green
Cadmium Orange Hue

All photos are Liquitex Acrylic paint shot with a Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone.

Violet Split Complimentary study - May 5, 2014 (18x24)

Green Split Complimentary study - unfinished

For the second day in a row I was unable to bring a study I was working on to a satisfying conclusion. I got started late into the evening - 8 pm both nights - and stopped working at 10 pm. Two hours just won't cut it. Some times I'm focused and the process develops quickly - I have good paintings done in one hour - but most of the time I need the four hours I prefer to spend painting to get close to an acceptable conclusion. This evening I studied green with violet-red and orange red as the split complimentary colors.

Color palette included:
Phthalocyanine Green
Titanium White
Mars Black
Naphthol Crimson
Cadmium Orange Hue
Deep Violet

All photos are Liquitex Acrylic paint shot with a Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone.

Green Split Complimentary study - May 2, 2014 (18x24)