Choose a museum classic painting (like the ones below) and identify the color palette based on complementary colors. Make a color grid painting based on the complementary colors . Key concept is to learn to mix saturated and unsaturated or neutral colors by mixing the complementary colors. Continue to identify the 3 elements of color in each mixture : Saturation Temperature Value
Step 1
Make a 20-30 square pencil, ruler, sketchbook paper. Use Photoshop to create your simplified pallet or better yet, use your eyes.
Step 2
Palette knife, palette paper to mix big piles of color. Use a palette knife or brush to place color squares. Place color right next to each other so no white edges peek through.
Da Vinci / Red and Green palette
Van Gogh / Orange and Blue
Vermeer/ Girl with the Pearl Earring / Orange and Blue
Resources:
Google Art and Culture to find high resolution images. Check your source to make sure you are working from the original artwork.
Website that may help pixelate your own images:
Chuck Close / contemporary artist