The Foraging Palette

Not only is this fun to do but it might help inspire or unblock your art. Our incredible art tutor Claire once sent us foraging for wild flowers and leaves - and then suggested we colour match the items using only the three primes and a bit of white. So I repeated this today on the stunning south west coast path near Tintagel - it's early August so the colours are diverse with bloom and decay. On my return, after a good breakfast (over 2 miles walked), I selected some light primary acrylics and here's the palette. I'll now dip into this for some abstract inspiration. I won't use every shade, just select a few that go together - to be honest I would never have thought up this palette but I'm putting my trust in nature. Have a go - every hedgerow offers an large array of colour on any given day.