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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For those of us who are tempted by positively everything within an art store, investing in a new medium can be a daunting task ( of trying not to buy everything - and still keeping within the budget).
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Keep in mind firstly, that this is my colour choice (and all artists have different preferences even though they use the same basic colour principles), and then secondly that this post is more relevant for South-Africans living close to Jimnettes Art Shop
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