Richard Schmid's Palette

[Richard Budig]

Alexandra:

Thanks for your reply. Funny how we change. For example, I re-read my own post and as I did so, kept saying, do I know this guy, because of the the last year or so, I have greatly reduced my palette.

Thanks to a guy you will bump into here -- Marvin Mattelson -- I have dropped my cad colors almost altogether. I find I can do almost anything with earth reds, (Venitian, English, Terra Rosa, and Indian Red), yellow (ocher), ivory black, raw umber, and white, and occasionally, cobalt/ultramarine and viridian.

Bang. That's it. Marvin (a VERY good artist) says these few colors will serve most human complexions, and I've found that they will.