Paintings and Color schemes
October 16th, 2008
These are some “Old Paintings” I did when I was just getting started and their color schemes.
SPLIT COMPLIMENTARY COLOR SCHEME
Oil on canvas 32X20 “River Bend”-Split-complimentary color scheme
Oil on Board 32×40 “Pots Done in Palette Knife”-Split-complimentary color scheme:
oil on canvas 24×16 “Pot’s Still Life”-Split-complimentary color scheme
This is done by using the two colors next to the opposite color on my color wheel (mine would be yellow, blue-violate, and red-violate.
oil on board 12×4 “Butterfly”-Split-complimentary color scheme
water color on paper 8×10 “Empty Cafe”–Split-complimentary color scheme
MONOCHROMATIC COLOR SCHEME
acrylic on paper 8×10 “Tiger Eye” -This is a monochromatic color scheme where you would use one color and change the value or intensity of it.
Oil on Canvas 16×20 “My Cat Figaro”-Monochromatic color scheme
water color on paper 12×8 “oranges”-Monochromatic color scheme
ANALOGOUS COLOR SCHEME
water color on paper 3×5 “Frog in Pond”-Analogous color scheme-using one color from the color wheel like (blue) and the two colors on either side of it like green and purple.
water color on paper 8×10 “Elephants Paradise”-Analogous color scheme
water color on water color paper 8×10 “Angry Tiger”-Analogous color scheme
First oil painting 16×20 oil on canvas “Lion Cub”-Analogous color scheme
COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEME
water color on paper 8×10 “buffalo Field”-Complementary color scheme:
This one is done by using one dominant color (mine is yellow) and the color opposite to it on the color wheel (blue) then using black and white to make different values on these colors.
oil on canvas 8×12 “Sunflower Field”-complementary color scheme
TRIADIC COLOR SCHEME
water color on canvas 16×20 “Grandma’s Cats”-
Triadic color scheme:
This is done by using colors that make a triangle on your color wheel (mine are red, blue, and yellow) then use black and white to get different values.
water color on paper 12×16 “Reflections”-Triadic color scheme:
watercolor on paper 8×10 “Manistee Fishing”-Triadic color scheme
Acrylic on Canvas 16×20 “Flower Vase”-Triadic color scheme
Acrylic on canvas 16×20 “Sleeping bear dunes” (Fan art for mom)-Triadic color scheme:
oil on canvas 12×8 “Starry Night in Red”-Triadic color scheme:




















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