How many colors do you suggest for artist to bring in plein air painting? Do I need many colors to carry in the field?
Any paint translates into weight significantly: five 37ml tube of small paints plus one 120ml titanium white can easily be 1.5LBS in weight. It is suggested to use limited palette for plein air painting. Another benefit is, it will bring color harmony to your painting. We are pleased to quote from Mr. Kevin Macpherson’s book: “Fill Your Oil Paintings with Light & Color”, page 31: “A good painting has both variety and unity. Working with a limited palette puts you at a greater advantage to create color harmony, or unity.” “Achieving Harmonious Color with a Limited Palette, it would be a good idea to limit the palette (of colors), maximum of one yellow, two reds (one cool, one warm), one blue, one alternative green plus one white will be suggested. However, this is not the only way of palette, as there are a lot of other good palette choices. A good painting can be achieved its harmony by way of many other combination of palette choice through offers by the professional artists.
