Knowing your Pigments and How to Mix Exciting Greens
by Jennifer Bowers
You learn it in primary school, mixing yellow and blue gives you the color green, but that does not always make green exciting or something that you would want for your fine art. You can always buy premixed greens but mixing your own pigments will make your painting much more unique and exciting and certainly more satisfying for you.
I have tried to mix my own greens but they just don't seem to come out right! When creating mixed greens, there are many kinds of blues and yellows available for you to choose from. Practicing using different blues and yellows and different proportions of each, is the only way for you to achieve the greens that you desire. As you make your practice mixes, keep a record of what and how much you are using so when you do find that perfect combination that 'brings a smile to your face' you will be able to reproduce it whenever you wish.
The quality of the greens you mix will depend on the blues and the yellows that you use. Some will produce a muddy or darker value and some a very light and vibrant green. The rule is to add the darker pigment to the lighter pigment when mixing any color, so begin with a yellow and slowly add the blue. It just takes a lot more paint to make a dark color lighter. In your color wheel, you should find Phtyalocyanine blue and Azo yellow and start with those colors.
Isn't brown a combination of green and red?
Yes, brown is an effect of that combination. There are other combinations that can make different brown values. You need to mix a primary color with a pigment that corresponds to its hue so that the mix will be balanced. This is then known as a tertiary color. This is the term used when a primary color is mixed with a secondary color that harmonizes with it.
It is always best to use the colors that you have used throughout your painting rather than introducing another tone, when painting brown. Fine art is a unified creation. There are many combinations to make brown such as green to red or purple to yellow or orange to blue. The value of each brown will be different so make sure you keep a record of your combinations. Not being able to duplicate the perfect color mixture once you are able to achieve it is very frustrating.
There will be different shades of brown needed to bring a brown horse to life if you are painting one. To bring out the sheen of the horse's torso and layered colors to build the depth of the muscles, a glazing method is what you need to use. Animals are certainly not one dimensional so to achieve the illusion of a 3-D horse on your canvas you will need to build different layers of the browns that you mix no matter what medium you choose to use. The experts say that a sap green for the under-painting is best for the reddish or chestnut browns and for creating the darker tones add some burnt umber or indigo blue. To make lighter shades use light ochre and the horse will be golden, but for a chestnut horse add bright red to burnt sienna. For creating dark brown use layers of semi-transparent colors to build layers.
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