In the past I have posted about the importance of painting color swatches in order to have a greater understanding of your color palette. With this practice my palette seems to continually expand.
For example, there are countless grays which can be produced as in the above photograph. However, there is such a range within the grays: warm and cool versions which add so much to a painting.
When I paint color swatches of plant combinations I turn them into miniature landscapes as a way to put them to use in painting. I paint these very intuitive and in a free-flow manner so as not analyze things too much.
Over time I realized I can get by with a limited palette as I better understand what I can do with the colors at my disposal.
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