{"id":5218,"date":"2016-08-10T18:39:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T01:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/?p=5218"},"modified":"2021-12-02T15:56:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T23:56:37","slug":"limited-palette-can-push-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/2016\/08\/limited-palette-can-push-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Push Your Creativity with the Restriction of a Limited Palette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was on a deadline today &#8211; a post was due to be published! I wanted to\u00a0show you a progression through one of my paintings. Problem was, I didn&#8217;t have anything to share. So I needed to get creative quickly. I set a timer and chose a limited palette by using a starter set. I decided on Terry Ludwig&#8217;s Best Loved\u00a0Basics\u00a0because I knew\u00a0it contained\u00a0a\u00a0deep\u00a0purple and I was going to\u00a0need it since I&#8217;d be painting\u00a0plums. Once I got started though I wondered\u00a0how in the world it would\u00a0be successful &#8211; I was missing colours I felt I needed!! But I didn&#8217;t have time to waffle about so I got stuck in and\u00a0embraced the restriction of the limited palette. Have a look!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>First the set up.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5220\" style=\"width: 328px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9743-copy.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5220\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9743-copy-1024x958.jpg\" alt=\"Limited Palette: Plums in a Bowl. The photo  emphasizes different colours than the ones I saw in life. Still, it gives you the sense of what I was painting.\" width=\"328\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9743-copy-1024x958.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9743-copy-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9743-copy-624x584.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9743-copy.jpg 1395w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plums in a Bowl. The photo emphasizes different colours from\u00a0the ones I saw in life. Still, it gives you the sense of what I was painting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What I struggled with from the start was deciding the divisions of values &#8211; what would be light, what middle value, and what dark. Would the plums AND their cast shadows together be the darkest value? Or would I need to create shapes of middle value within the plums and also the shadows on the left (which in life looked lighter than the ones on the right)? Choices to be made. You can see my struggle in the thumbnail.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5221\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5221\" style=\"width: 304px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Thumbnails.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5221\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Thumbnails-705x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Limited Palette: Thumbnails trying out different options.\" width=\"304\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Thumbnails-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Thumbnails-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Thumbnails-300x436.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Thumbnails-624x907.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Thumbnails.jpg 975w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thumbnails trying out different value options.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And then I got into the pastels.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5222\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9742-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5222\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9742-copy-1024x1018.jpg\" alt=\"Limited palette: The sketch on UArt 400 grit paper. I usually use vine charcoal to create the initial drawing but today I decided to use a yellow Holbein pastel instead. I want to keep it light but realized after it's hard for you to see!\" width=\"420\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9742-copy-1024x1018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9742-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9742-copy-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9742-copy-624x620.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9742-copy.jpg 1426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sketch on UArt 400 grit paper. I usually use vine charcoal to create the initial drawing but today I decided to use a yellow Holbein pastel instead. I want to keep it light but realized afterwards that it&#8217;s hard for you to see!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5224\" style=\"width: 443px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9746-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9746-copy-1024x1020.jpg\" alt=\"Limited Palette: Three values on. Well, not really as the ochre is mid-value. A restriction was that in the set there is only an ochre-y yellow and a cream. The value needed is light. The cream colour was the correct value but I wanted to put a warm colour under it, hence the ochre here.\" width=\"443\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9746-copy-1024x1020.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9746-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9746-copy-300x299.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9746-copy-624x622.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9746-copy.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three values on. Well, not really as the ochre is mid-value. In the Basics set there is only an ochre-y yellow and a cream. The value needed is light. The cream colour was the correct value but I wanted to put a yellow colour under it, hence the use of ochre and thus a temporary move into a middle value (when it should be a light one).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5225\" style=\"width: 439px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9747-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9747-copy-1017x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Limited Palette: Solidifying the three value areas and adding a second layer. Feeling my way along at this point and wondering how on earth I could make a successful painting with the limited palette with many gaps! \" width=\"439\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9747-copy-1017x1024.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9747-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9747-copy-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9747-copy-300x302.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9747-copy-624x628.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9747-copy.jpg 1407w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solidifying the three value areas and adding a second layer. Feeling my way along at this point and wondering how on earth I could make a successful painting with the limited palette with many gaps! (Sorry the photo is a bit fuzzy &#8211; rushed when photographing.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5226\" style=\"width: 451px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9748-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9748-copy-1013x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Limited Palette: Starting to refine the forms.\" width=\"451\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9748-copy-1013x1024.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9748-copy-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9748-copy-300x303.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9748-copy-624x631.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9748-copy.jpg 1402w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starting to refine the forms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5228\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5228\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9750-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5228\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9750-copy-1017x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Limited Palette: Solidifying the darks and bringing in more lights\" width=\"450\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9750-copy-1017x1024.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9750-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9750-copy-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9750-copy-300x302.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9750-copy-624x628.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9750-copy.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solidifying the darks and bringing in more lights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5230\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5230\" style=\"width: 562px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Backyard-Plums.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5230\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Backyard-Plums-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Limited Palette: Highlights added, plum forms further refined, pattern on bowl quietly indicated, bowl's cast shadow enhanced, single stem added. And after 35 mins, it's done!    Gail Sibley, &quot;Backyard Plums, Terry Ludwig pastels on UArt 400 grit paper, 6 x 6 in\" width=\"562\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Backyard-Plums-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Backyard-Plums-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Backyard-Plums-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Backyard-Plums-624x625.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Backyard-Plums.jpg 1557w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Highlights added, plum forms further refined, pattern on bowl quietly indicated, bowl&#8217;s cast shadow enhanced, single stem added. And after 35 mins, for now at least, it&#8217;s done!<br \/>Gail Sibley, &#8220;Backyard Plums,&#8221; Terry Ludwig pastels on UArt 400 grit paper, 6 x 6 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5231\" style=\"width: 343px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9754.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5231\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9754-1024x708.jpg\" alt=\"Limited Palette: the 10 pastels used\" width=\"343\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9754-1024x708.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9754-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9754-624x431.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 10 pastels used<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5232\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5232\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9756-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5232\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9756-copy-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"Limited Palette: Terry Ludwig's Best Loved Basics Set of 14 pastels\" width=\"370\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9756-copy-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9756-copy-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9756-copy-624x373.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_9756-copy.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terry Ludwig&#8217;s Best Loved Basics Set of 14 pastels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This was a huge challenge for me. First there was the restriction of time. I set the timer for half an hour, created the thumbnail and then drew up the piece on UArt paper. (The bowl of plums I had on hand pretty much as is.) I then reset the timer for 40 mins and finished the pastel before the timer went off. Whew!<\/p>\n<p>So there was the demand\u00a0of limited time. Then there was the limited palette. And it wasn&#8217;t a limited palette of carefully colours I selected. No, it was a limited palette taken from an existing set. Sometimes you just need to work with what you have. My challenge here was using colours I might not normally have chosen to paint this set up. I yearned\u00a0for colours that weren&#8217;t there. I was outside my comfort zone for sure!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>~~~~<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So tell me, have you ever used a set of colours that were outside of your comfort zone? And if you have, how did you feel and what was the result?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for being on this pastel journey with me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Until next time,<\/p>\n<p>~ Gail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was on a deadline today &#8211; a post was due to be published! I wanted to\u00a0show you a progression through one of my paintings. Problem was, I didn&#8217;t have anything to share. So I needed to get creative quickly. I set a timer and chose a limited palette by using a starter set. 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