Colour is one of my favourite topics, so I was excited to dive into it in this week's podcast episode.

Alice and I share a passion for colour, but our preferred palettes are quite different. This led us into a wide-ranging discussion about the relativity of colour; the power of surprising ourselves; the freedom that can come (paradoxically) with a limited palette; and when we mix colours versus using them straight from the tube. We also discuss the emotional resonance of colour, and Alice shares her approach of choosing one "hero" colour for each painting.

In the end, colour is an incredibly personal thing, and each artist approaches it in a different way. Some artists study colour theory, some spend hours mixing in a sketchbook, and some choose colours totally intuitively. And this is perhaps the most important point to come out of our discussion - we both believe that your use of colour should be guided not be rules or by what you think other artists would do, but by your own preferences and your goals for your work.

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