It actually called for mixing colors! I've always worked on simple 12 color only ones my entire life, so this was a shock.
After careful consideration, we decided to stay old-school and stick with our 12 color palette.
It's coming along. We are going to paint all the single color shapes first, then flip a coin to decide which color to paint the ones we're supposed to mix. Paint by colors is such a great idea though, I wish I was that good of a painter where I could formulate my own paint by color series. Maybe I will anyway!
This weekend, I got a little craft crazy... a can of spray paint was involved. I should finish a few projects soon and will post tomorrow.
2 comments:
wow. that looks muy complicatedo. the brushes they give you look so fat, how are you supposed to stay within the lines? :)
looks like a horsie! :)
neiiiigh!
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Once I saw my mom do one of these. She hasn't a creative bone in her body, bless her, she tries. She follows instructions well but not from a book. I always imagined these things could be a good starting point to learn about blending. Imagine the hard lines in the horse's mane defined by the numbers to be smudged as they would be in real life, as a painter would do. Same for the grass. Especially the clouds. Light has a tendency to flow around things. Hard shadows suggest hard surfaces.
Having said all that, good luck mixing your colors before applying them. That's a whole 'nuther ball game. Great experience though, to learn not to be satisfied with what comes directly out of the tubes.
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