In my blog, I am trying various color schemes to expand my painting vocabulary.  To that end, I am selecting a different color scheme/limited palette each week and basing three little 8 x 6 paintings upon that color palette.  If you have any suggestions of color palettes I should try, please email me at nvenhuizen@gmail.com. ( I’d love to have a comment section on this page, but I haven’t yet figured out how to do that!)

My time is very limited this week, so I decided to use a very simple palette-

Ultramarine Blue

Cerulean Blue

Ivory Black

Using this palette, made me realize how much I like color!  It was similar to painting in black and whites as I had to rely entirely upon value and texture to differentiate the various areas of the painting.  I  suppose this palette would be fine for a night scene or for a skyscape but for painting any other type of landscape, it is TOO limiting!

Cloudy Day

Missouri River Bank

Peaceful Creek