Artists & Illustrators - UK (2021-04)

Overcomeyourcolourfearswiththehelpofartistand

authorALEXHILLKURTZ,whoshareshislimitedpalette

andutilisesitinasimple,watercolourpainting

SIMPLIFIED

COLOURS

TECHNIQUE

B

ecause I sketched for many years using

just pencil and ink, colour was always

a bit of a foreign language. Colour

intimidated me. When I bought my fi rst set of

watercolour paints, I was very hesitant and,

as a result, my washes were timid and pale.

I am much more confi dent now with colour,

and much bolder with colour choices. But I

certainly understand how colour can be

confusing. One solution is purposefully limiting

your colour palette.

Limiting yourself to just six colours can feel

like an impossible challenge. Even my smallest

travel palette has nine colours, but I’ve found

these are the colours I reach for most often:

Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Sienna, Pyrrol Scarlet,

Raw Sienna, Quinacridone Red and Phthalo

Green [see right].

WinterintheJardin

duLuxembourg,Paris,

watercolouronpaper

Limitingyourselftojust

a fewcolourscanyield

beautifulresults.

Ultramarine Blue

Burnt Sienna

Pyrrol Scarlet

Raw Sienna

Quinacridone Red

Phthalo Green