One of the many techniques of painting and catching the buyers eye is to target your background.
Sometimes it is an image and sometimes it is a stoic color combination. What I would like to talk about
today is painting backgrounds for still lifes , portraits, animals and bird paintings. I usually say portraits of these images but other artist just call them paintings of the specific subject.
The traditional style of painting, and this is what many artist are taught, is to use a color harmony that will compliment your subject in your painting. For example , If you are painting a red cardinal the compliment of red is green. So the traditional way of painting is to use greens in your back ground. I am going to include an example
of cardinal with green background.
The Smart thing to do would to be to use analogous colors along with your green. This means to use any three or four colors next to green on your color wheel to create the color mode of your painting.
These paintings are of the traditional compliments of the color green with analogous colors in a red Cardinal painting.
Analogous colors of green blue and yellow background.
Another analogous color combo harmony.
This is a great color combination but there are a couple of other color combination harmonies that look well as a background.
You can use the subjects color and just go with the analogous of the subject in the background. Lets look at a red cardinal with the analogous of blue red and yellow. Here are some examples.
.
Now these background color harmonies are true and tested . However this does not mean that the color wheel police will arrest you if you do not use these three harmonies. Lately there have been several different techniques of background color combinations and I am going to show you some.
another color combination
You can apply these complimentary color harmonies or analogous
to all painting even other subjects . Here are some examples:
Remember find your own niche or style. I just hope this will help you to decide a background you would like to use. Or maybe try some of these other backgrounds to add a zest to your painting.
Good luck painting and tell me about your color combinations.
Post your background colors to the comments. I would love to see you paintings. Belinda
Sometimes it is an image and sometimes it is a stoic color combination. What I would like to talk about
today is painting backgrounds for still lifes , portraits, animals and bird paintings. I usually say portraits of these images but other artist just call them paintings of the specific subject.
The traditional style of painting, and this is what many artist are taught, is to use a color harmony that will compliment your subject in your painting. For example , If you are painting a red cardinal the compliment of red is green. So the traditional way of painting is to use greens in your back ground. I am going to include an example
The Smart thing to do would to be to use analogous colors along with your green. This means to use any three or four colors next to green on your color wheel to create the color mode of your painting.
These paintings are of the traditional compliments of the color green with analogous colors in a red Cardinal painting.
This is a great color combination but there are a couple of other color combination harmonies that look well as a background.
You can use the subjects color and just go with the analogous of the subject in the background. Lets look at a red cardinal with the analogous of blue red and yellow. Here are some examples.
.
Analogous red mixed with blue creates purple and a touch of yellow for contrast.
Another tried and true is a color combination of yellow mixed with its compliment of violet creating a neutral yellow. You can combine or mix any combo mixture to create either one of these backgrounds in the following paintings . One part yellow with two parts violet or one part violet with two part yellow. Just make sure you can add white to this to make it lighter.
Now these background color harmonies are true and tested . However this does not mean that the color wheel police will arrest you if you do not use these three harmonies. Lately there have been several different techniques of background color combinations and I am going to show you some.
This artist used analogous related to both bird colors.
here is another
another color combination
You can apply these complimentary color harmonies or analogous
to all painting even other subjects . Here are some examples:
Remember find your own niche or style. I just hope this will help you to decide a background you would like to use. Or maybe try some of these other backgrounds to add a zest to your painting.
Good luck painting and tell me about your color combinations.
Post your background colors to the comments. I would love to see you paintings. Belinda
No comments:
Post a Comment