Portrait Artist Forum - View Single Post - Indian Red and Terra Rosa . . . what brands???

Richard Budig · 05-30-2005, 03:36 PM

I'm about convinced that the artists who have it made are those who pick a couple of reds and stick with them. I, too, have stumbled into red (and other colors) that were hardly a degree warmer or cooler than th eother. Those who stick with their colors get used to them and learn what they can do with them, it seems to me.

But, I think I may try your little trick and "kick it up a bit" by adding a smidge of something like cad red light to my Venetian just to see if I can't separate it a bit more from my Indian. Or, perhaps I should add a smidge of blue (or black?) to my Indian to separate it more from the Venetian.

05-30-2005, 03:36 PM	#10
Richard Budig Juried Member Joined: Oct 2002 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 260	I'm about convinced that the artists who have it made are those who pick a couple of reds and stick with them. I, too, have stumbled into red (and other colors) that were hardly a degree warmer or cooler than th eother. Those who stick with their colors get used to them and learn what they can do with them, it seems to me. But, I think I may try your little trick and "kick it up a bit" by adding a smidge of something like cad red light to my Venetian just to see if I can't separate it a bit more from my Indian. Or, perhaps I should add a smidge of blue (or black?) to my Indian to separate it more from the Venetian.