Creating the right colors for a painting may help the artist evoke a feeling or atmosphere. You can create subtle shades and tones by moving beyond the primary colors and mixing hues to expand your means of experssion.
Instructions
1. Squeeze a dab of blue, yellow and red paint onto the plate or palette as if making the three points of a triangle. Do not connect the points.
2. Add the other colors around the outside of the plate in round spots.
3. Move some yellow paint toward the red and stop halfway. Wash the brush and dip it in the red and mix it into the yellow point at the halfway mark. Brush it back into the dab of red paint. Do the same with the blue paint.
4. Dip your clean brush in the red and brush it toward the blue paint, stopping halfway. Brush the blue into the red, as in Step 3. You now have purple, green and orange in an array of shades.
5. Mix black or dark purple with the color to make it darker. Black makes the paints look flat. Purple brings out the color and makes it darker.
6. Add white to any color, but add red to make it lighter or brighten the color. Mix some yellow with red paint to make a brighter, more vibrant red.
