Darkening Yellows
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
- The fundamental difficulty in working with yellow
- Using Value & Chroma to represent light and shadow
- Three ways to darken yellows to represent shadow
Yellows are light in value and often very bright.
The combination makes it difficult to create the effect of shadow on yellow objects. This watercolor lesson shows three ways to darken yellows. All are effective at representing shadows in different ways.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
- Watercolor Paper – with a grid of 1″ squares – eight squares wide, enough squares tall to practice on all your yellows
- Paint – Yellows, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, A Violet hue – Thalo Violet, Dioxadine Violet, or a mixture of Ultramarine Blue and Alizarin Crimson
DOWNLOAD : FINISHED COLOR MIXING GRID
Practice Darkening Yellow
These four lessons have yellow subjects that have areas in shadow. Ideas from the color mixing chart above are used to darken yellows in each.
Painting Black-eyed Susans In A Vase
Darker, Warmer Shadows
Paint Yellow Irises With Control & Freedom
Darker, Color Shadows
Painting Lemons In A Light Bowl
Darker, Cooler Shadows
Lemons And Plums Still Life
Darker, Warmer Shadows