06-21-2018, 05:11 AM
Regarding Schmid, he talks about color harmony in his book Alla Prima. He says it's a built in aspect of light. There are theoretical explanations for why some colors work together and some don't, at a deeper level than 'use complementary colors' or those sorts of color palette generator websites. This may be what you're missing.
I have my own ideas on this but to some degree it's a matter of taste. Get a bunch of Schmid's paintings (and whoever else you admire) and color pick around. Come up with an explanation for why their color ideas seem to work in a way yours aren't just yet. It seems to me you have a tendency to go very saturated with too many colors in one image.
I have my own ideas on this but to some degree it's a matter of taste. Get a bunch of Schmid's paintings (and whoever else you admire) and color pick around. Come up with an explanation for why their color ideas seem to work in a way yours aren't just yet. It seems to me you have a tendency to go very saturated with too many colors in one image.