Tamas Benko

Color Harmony: Double Complementary Mini Paintings

Thank you, Jennifer, for updating your project. Well, the reason may be that purple and green are competing. If I cover the lower third... somehow it seems more balanced. But that's just my feeling. It's a great experiment anyway. 🙂

Thanks Tomas I totally agree.  Everything was fighting against the other. Yes it was just an experiment. Oh well I just find all the colour harmony very interesting  and I think it was good to see the result. Another great class. Thanks Tomas.

You're welcome, Jennifer. What I crossed my mind right after my previous message was that sometimes we want to illustrate tension, collision, dissonance, etc. So, I guess using these colors together in this proportion is perfectly fine if you want to express something like that.

This certainly does provide a dissonance which is exactly opposite to the calm engaging scene that Van Gogh painted. Actually I don't mind mine if you look at it from that point of view... probably  a bit like our world at this moment. Sorry a bit too deep Tamas.. Haha

I also associated it with our present world... sadly. Cypress trees in these colors are more like flames to me, and planets seem like burning. As I know, Van Gogh painted the original in a mental institution shortly after his "breakdown", and the swirling sky may refer to some kind of inner struggle on his painting. So, eventually, you didn't turn its meaning upside down, but there is definitely a lot more drama here with your colors... at least, how I see it. This is subjective, of course. It's amazing what colors can do.

I think Triadic colours are your next class. I think that might be easier to think of a better final painting. Thanks again for your classes.

Very nice. I haven't taken any of these classes..Just so many choices. I wont be able to paint for awhile while away but will watch some classes.

Sorry Tamas haven't finished my own double complementary yet. Will publish it when I finish it,

Your're doing great, Jennifer. No hurry. Just take your time. 🙂

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I dont think it really worked supposedly Yellow/Purple.. Red/Green Complementary.

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