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!)

Anders Zorn was a famous Swedish artist and this combination of colors is called the Zorn Palette, since it is said that he used this combination of colors almost exclusively.  He primarily painted portraits- and -I found that this isn’t the best palette  for landscapes, though it does work moderately well for fall landscapes.  Any other season would be very difficult as these colors do not yield any real blues or greens.  The colors in the Zorn Palette are-

Ivory Black

Yellow Ochre

Cadmium Red

Titanium White

Barn on a Hill 5 x 7

Blooming Sumac. 5 x 7

Fence by Creek 7 x 5