What is Zorn Palette? 🧐

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I had a call regarding the use of Zorn's palette by adding other pigments. The basic idea is to get everything out of the limited three colour plus white palette. Of course you are the artist, so you can do whatever you want. Using the limited palette by itself is a great learning experience. It helps you understand colour and colour theory, and how to mix and place the colours. So lets look at some ways to make the colours work for you. The basic palette is Ivory Black, Yellow Ochre, and…

Anders Zorn is the famous Swedish painter. He is famous for his paintings of the people of Dalarna, the part of Sweden where he was born, and his nudes in the open space. He earned a world-wide reputation as a portraitist. He made seven journeys to the USA. His models included three different American presidents. His art made him wealthy and he was thus able to build up a considerable collection of art. The objects were not only bought in his native country but also during the many travels…

I had been given what to me seemed like the daunting task of writing an article on color mixing and to introduce the new Modern Theory Color Mixing Set. I was more than slightly astonished that I was the designated writer! We have an amazing number of wonderful painters working for Golden Artist Colors, many ... Read more

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By Adriana Guidi in Art Tutorials > Painting Tutorials When you’re first taught to paint with a limited palette, you’re usually given three primary colors—red, yellow and blue. Limiting yourself to just a few colors teaches you how to mix colors correctly, see value and temperature, and encourages thought and planning in your color choices. Today we’ll discuss a different limited palette, one that was made famous by Swedish painter Anders Leonard Zorn, which is often known as the Zorn…

I remember coming across a reference to the Zorn palette some time ago. I looked up what it was - a palette of just 4 colours used at times by Swedish artist Anders Zorn (1860 - 1920). It's an oil painting palette, but the gorgeous flesh tones many have created using this palette for figure and portrait work intrigued me. I made a note to test them out some time and finally did, using gouache. Zorn is said to have used ivory black, titanium white, cadmium red and yellow ochre. His paintings…

Using the Zorn palette, pioneered by Anders Zorn in the early 1900s, oil painter Christina Kent is able to reliably mix skin tones for a naturalistic portrait.