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Color Quote of the Day: March 14th

Kate Smith — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:05:51 +0000

“For a warm earthy palette, add Raw Umber, Cadmium Red Light, Burnt Umber and Olive Green.”

Lisa Buck-Goldstein

Color Quote of the Day: March 7th

Kate Smith — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:05:43 +0000

“Every so often change your palette. Introduce new colours and discard others. You will gain knowledge of colour mixing and your work will have added variety.”

Kenneth Denton

Color Quote of the Day: February 24th

Kate Smith — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:05:17 +0000

“Working in white makes people look into it. White is ethereal. There’s a purity to it, it makes things look elevated in a way. There’s a whole palette of white…”

Jonathan Milne

Color Quote of the Day: February 22nd

Kate Smith — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:05:49 +0000

“Who ever heard of a musician who was passionately fond of B flat? Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form.”

John Sloan

Color Quote of the Day: February 19th

Kate Smith — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:05:34 +0000

“Painting is drawing, with the additional means of color. Painting without drawing is just ‘coloriness,’ color excitement. To think of color for color’s sake is like thinking of sound for sound’s sake. Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form.”

John Sloan

Color Quote of the Day: January 18th

Kate Smith — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:05:11 +0000

“The greatest masterpieces were once only pigments on a palette.”

Henry S. Hoskins

Color Quote of the Day: November 17th

Kate Smith — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:05:24 +0000

“Ah, Chardin, what you grind on your palette is not this color or that… but the very substance of things. You dip your brush in air and light and spread them on your canvas.”

Denis Diderot