Painting with Grays
The use of grays in a painting does not need to be dull and boring. The proper use of gray makes the accent colors really sing. Sometimes paintings that have too many intense, bright colors just look too garish. It is best to mix your grays with complimentary colors you are using in the painting. Some artists will mix their left over colors up in a gray for safe keeping later. Winter Fox 9" X 12" The painting of the fox in the forest I used a complimentary scheme of yellow and purple. The colors were muted down using those two compliments into a range of grays. Senator Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich Anders Zorn 1913 From the book: ‘Anders Zorn; Sweden’s Master Painter’ , I scanned a few of his paintings that had extensive grays. Fish Market in Saint Ives Anders Zorn 1888 Summer Vacation Anders Zorn 1886