Up For A Colour Challenge?

[Kat]

@inkandspatter Nice work! I'm not sure the sphere stands out as the focal point, since it's color is so close to the "floor". Maybe it work better if the sphere were golden and the pyramids were purple. I love the sky, though!

[Kat]

Ok, here's my attempt!

[Erin.Cortese]

Nice! Very smart that you reserved the red strictly for the focal point. That did not even cross my mind, which is exactly why I way hoping to see someone else attempt it. Thank you! I am going to try my complementary scheme again with this approach.

[Kat]

@inkandspatter Thanks! I remember Will Terry talking about how red totally grabs the attention, so I didn't try using it anywhere else. I think I'll try an analog color scheme next and see if I can work with more than two colors at a time!

[Erin.Cortese]

Here is another quick attempt at the complementary scheme, I think it is much more effective.

[Kat]

Oh yes, that works much better!

[sigross]

I like this challenge. It's fun to play around with colour. I've been told this is the year for going bold. So here's a couple of bold red floating orbs at dusk in the desert.

[sigross]

Monochrome

[Kat]

Analogous. I also tried to light it so the shadow would move up the side of the pyramid, but now I'm thinking it looks like a different light direction than the ball.

[Erin.Cortese]

@sigross Very cool, I am going to try and force myself to go bold with my analogous scheme. I’m such a wimp with colour, I need to break out of that.Thanks for sharing!

[Erin.Cortese]

@Kat I really struggle with cast shadows, so I can’t be of much help there, but it looks like the right direction to me. This might be a good exercise for shadows too Like the colours, I’m going to try analogous next!

[sigross]

@inkandspatter do you ever get paint or ink and mix it together in cups with a spatula? It's so satisfying doing that - just whisking it at high speeds!

[Erin.Cortese]

@sigross I have never done that, but I can see how it would be very satisfying. I need to get more playful with colour, that’s a good thing to try.

[sigross]

@Kat I think if you're softening the edges of the ball, then soften the other objects shadows too. Softer shadows can result from diffused light. Try it with a bit of tracing paper held slightly in front of your phone camera torch and shine it on an orange or something round, then on a box.

I got a book that Jake recommended Perspective Made Easy by Ernest R. Norling. Every time I get on the tube now, I read it and then look down the carriage to see how the shadows shift and move in perspective.

[Erin.Cortese]

Here is my next attempt. I feel like the process is becoming quicker and easier which is a relief. To challenge myself, I am going to do all of the colour schemes a second time but reverse my approach - dark if I went light the first time, using colours on different objects.

[Heather Boyd]

So I used a Square Charcoal brush and a Square Pastel brush. I also like to further challenge myself and needed to cast my pyramid shadow over the sphere. I have not worked with the cast shadow of pyramids so I looked over some references. I watched part of the Creative Composition 1 class and listen to the warm colours draw you forward and cool colours push you back and so I made my sphere a more salmon orange (yes I did find the colour in the orange section, lols) . I hope you like it!

My first time including colour swatches to the side.

[Erin.Cortese]

@Heather-Boyd Nice colours! Smart to look at reference first, I ended up going back and revising all of my pyramid shadows this afternoon.

[Erin.Cortese]

Here is my final attempt. I did a triadic colour scheme this time. I tried to be a little more adventurous and explore a variety of different options.

[Heather Boyd]

@inkandspatter What does Triadic mean colour wise?

[Erin.Cortese]

@Heather-Boyd Triadic uses three colours that are equal distance from each other on the colour wheel. If you drew lines connecting the colours you would draw a perfect triangle on the colour wheel.