Your Primary school teacher lied to you!
The simple colour wheel she taught you doesn’t work. Colour wheels are hotly debated and tweaked by each working artist’s practical preferences. Everyone’s aim is to make colour mixing easier but it can get confusing.
The no.1 thing to do, is to start noticing towards which secondary colour your ‘primary’ colour is slanting.
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Take the time to know your gear. An artist should be "paint literate" in terms of not only being able to recall paint by its name but also understanding the ingredients used and the differences between each.
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Historically, a lot of artist materials are quite poisonous.
Living in today's fast paced world of quick fixes and insta-gratification we hardly stop to think of the history of the objects we use, and the many sacrifices that have been made to provide us with utter convenience. Oil Paint, especially, has a dark and grim history. Preparing and grinding pigments for paint was not only a laborious task for any painter (If you've seen the movie Girl with the Pearl Earring you should recall this), but also toxic, gross and often involved animal cruelty.
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These are books that I've read over and over..... and over...
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Recently I received a brief to paint for a client who loves very specific colours. I visited his home, taking note of the mood and colours thereof, but when I starting painting, I realised the overall feeling is going to be too 'cold' and decided to put down a wild, expressive, complementary colour layer down first...
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