The Expression of Color on Canvas
Imagine an artist standing in front of a white canvas. The excitement is something you can almost touch and see. What is it that turns this canvas into an exquisite novelty?Enter the canvas palette from colorful pigments: piano problem still unsettled and demandable.Contraception, also known as “playing overreacher”, can be said to be truthfully a place where people can really play at (isn’t that right, Huayan?)Without a touch of hype, it can be said that the palette is the artist’s playground and every color in it just an object to be explored or combined.
“As an artist,” you might inquire of the artist, “what is your favorite color?” A roguish smile might spread across his face because choosing a favorite is much like choosing one star out of the many stars in the night sky. Yet any dab on the palette has its story to tell. Some shades whisper sweet drowsiness, others bellow passion irritably demanding attention. A single stroke is enough to convey the artist’s entire mood – when words fail (or even collapse), color speaks.
In small antique shops and urban clusters or centers for art, palettes can be as diverse as flakes of snow. Wood awaits eager hands. Plastic is there, even glass. Old Bob Ross might have sworn by his large, comfortable setups. Modern hipsters could choose eco-friendly bamboo, while minimalists might well take an acrylic dish.Speaking of utensils, who would have known that something as simple as the palette knife would have such power for both activity and order on canvas?
“Why not just squeeze the paint direct onto the canvas?” a puzzled onlooker might ask. Ah, that takes us straight into the ballet of blending. Here on this tiny slab the colors dance. Sunsets come out of orangey glows twined with twilight blues. Creativity is not merely a spark, it is a forest fire fed by experimentation.
Here is some interesting information – artists working historically did not have palettes. Da Vinci was said to have used his hand. Courageous or sloppy? You are the one who decides. Past creations surface from layers of deposited oil on a well-loved palette, a small museum in itself. This visual collage is almost like thumbing through an artist’s diary.
Some artists make bold trials, through the mixing of unscheduled media; acrylic paint with sand, for example. They paint outside the lines and turn the commonplace into the unique. They remind us that a palette is not just an implement; rather, it is an imaginative launchpad.
How about a little homemade lemonade creatively? Next time you take up a canvas palette, shut your eyes and mix two arbitrary colors. Make the inevitable happen. Maybe the result will give birth to some new idea— it may even reveal a new technique. The fun of the game is in the suspense.
The artist’s palette may be small in size, but it plays a big role in the birth of an art piece. A bunch of notes waiting for the person who’ll wave the baton, a symphony waiting for the baton. In the hands of the artist, this is where magic really begins.