The goal for this project was to apply different color schemes being monochromatic, complementary, split complementary, and triad; to a reference photo of our choice.
The reference photo I chose was a photo of a handful of flowers that I took in Hawaii. The photo has a clear subject, is high in contrast, but yet a simple enough picture that I could digitally paint.
For my monochromatic concept, I chose the Hue to be pink and from there I chose seven different tints, tones, and shades as my color palette for the monochromatic painting. I thought pink would be the best option for my photo because it’s one of the main colors showcased in the subject of my photo.
Going off the hue I chose for my monochromatic painting I did the complementary color of pink which is this bright green color. I did the same process of collecting different tints, tones, and shades of the two chosen hues to create my complementary piece. I used the green to show different highlights of areas that I couldn’t emphasize in the monochromatic painting.
Now going into the split complementary I got to add in yellow hues into my painting. The pictures on the right show the tints, tones, and shades that I used to complete this painting and their CMYK numbers. Now that I have more than two colors, I was able to utilize this to depict three major things within the painting: the different colored flowers, the hand, and the background. I think by having the different colors it helps separate these objects and lets them have their own moment to showcase their own individual beauty.
The Triad painting was almost a whole new set of colors with the hues being red, blue, and yellow. From there I got different tints, tones, and shades of these colors and used those to compose my triad painting. I used the reds to depict the flower in the back, the yellows for the other flowers and the grass in the background, and the blue for the rest of the background and the hand.
