• Mix your neutrals with complementary colors. Keep the color wheel in mind. Your neutrals can be more varied and “coloristic” when mixed from complements. In other words, it’s easier to get the color variation that you need to light up your painting and make it look real, as we talked about in the first section. (The eye likes color change.)
• By now you will have figured out that each pigment has its own set of characteristics. Some are more transparent than others, some have more tinting strength. None are pure color, they all have other wavelengths mixed in. Most of them are dug out of the earth, after all. Try to be aware of the secondary characteristics of your pigments so that you can eventually predict their behavior and pick the best ones for a job. It’s best to get to know them gradually and thoroughly, one by one.
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