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In Reply to: Does anyone know how to paint silver and gold? posted by Joy J. on 12/04/02 at 11:46 PM:
Hi Joy,
I've found when doing gold to start with a broken yellow (cad yellow + small amts. of purple) to get to a light brown. Now take that medium brown and split into three piles. In one pile, add more purple to get to a darker brown. Maybe adding some plum or voilet (the split complements) Then add a tiny amt. of green. This would be your shading. In the second pile add some more green, this is your core color. In the third, add white. this is for your lighter areas - NOT your hi-lites. Work with these three values until you're ready for highlites. Everything should look dark with a slight greenish feel. THEN, add the speculars (highlights) in a hot white (white + lemon/cad yellow). The key in doing gold is to have lots of contrast, if possible, between these 3 shades as a whole and the hot white, most of which will be emphasized by the highlights solely.
Silver: Think in the same terms but use whites - depending on the temperature of the silver. Try to make black by using the primaries, not black. Sometimes, though, you may have no choice. Remember also what is being reflected INTO the gold & silver and paint accordingly.
I'm no pro, but I've found these to work for me. I await anyone else's input as well, so I may learn. Isn't that what it's all about?
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