What are the twelve or twenty four basic colours I should buy to start oil painting? Same question for watercolours?
2006-09-13 00:32:34 · 9 answers · asked by coisfarraige13 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
pastels
2006-09-13 00:33:45 · answer #1 · answered by maconsolviaa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to consider the properties of the different color pigments. Different hues of the same color (for example, cadmium red and naphol crimsom) mix differently with other colors and will create different blends.
Some paints are transparent while others are opaque. Some are very concentrated and go a lot further.
If I had to buy all my paints again I would buy only pure pigment paints. Don't waste your money on mixtures, or "hues". They might look like a less expensive version of the real thing while in the tube, but they won't mix with other colors the same way, and they won't be as intense. Read the label. You can make your own. You don't need all of them, but there aren't that many.
You could start with two of each color. You can't really go wrong with that.
2006-09-13 10:13:27 · answer #2 · answered by ireallycantbelievethat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quinacrynone red; Pthalo Green, Pthalo Blue, Burnt Umber, Cad Orange, Cad Yellow, Cad Red, White, Brilliant Blue, Earth Green (Sap Green); Ultramarine Blue, Yellow Ochre.
2006-09-13 21:47:58 · answer #3 · answered by Victor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, for watercolors, you should definatley check out Daniel Smith - they're amazing! I love them. They also have a great selection of oils...I don't use oils, but you should definitley check their website out or send for a catalog. For starters, you should get a perylene red, or a few reds that you like, varying in hue, of course, lemon yellow, gamboge, aureolin, hansa yellow medium is nice...burnt sienna, burnt umber, indigo, undersea green, hooker's green, cascade green, sap green, sepia, alizarin crimson, cerulean blue, french ultramarine blue...and, of course, you can pick a white or a black that you want, or any other colors that happen to tickle your fancy - your palette can be anything you want. Oh!!! Go to Cheap Joe's as well - they have AWESOME prices on supplies and paints, too. They also sell watercolors, but I haven't really had the opportunity to try them yet. I wish you luck!!!
2006-09-13 18:29:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get three good brushes the best you can afford, get a good pallet and if you want to paint in oils, titanium white, alizarin crimson (red), cerrulean blue , and cadium yellow deep . that should be enough but I also like to add a little prussian green sometimes,
You can mix all the colors from this without making your colors muddy
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good luck
2006-09-13 20:02:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red,Green,Blue,Black,White.For oil painting-you need lots of white to make lighter colors,but for water colors,you hardly need white-just add lots of water to make bright or dark colors lighter.
2006-09-16 16:32:42 · answer #6 · answered by heidingwilde 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Primary color, Blue, Yellow and Red
2006-09-13 07:40:24 · answer #7 · answered by deshanto 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
primary, tertiary, brown, black, white....it depends upon what kind of painting you are going to make....when it is an abstract one, better choose a variety of colors rather than choose only the basic ones...when it is going to feature a scenery, base the amount of color you are going to choose with respect to the scene's color "requirements"....
hope this helps, mon ami.
2006-09-13 08:03:33 · answer #8 · answered by edelweiss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
red, blue, yellow, white, black, brown,
2006-09-13 07:39:58 · answer #9 · answered by diplomat_safe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋