SPREADING COLOR THROUGH ART

Steal Like an Artist!

Please, feel free to "steal" Mark Rothko's White Center (1950) color scheme. I'm sure he wouldn't mind!

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“I’m interested only in expressing basic human emotions—tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on, and the fact that a lot of people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures shows that I can communicate those basic human emotions… If you are moved only by their color relationships, then you miss the point.”

The emotional power of Rothko colors

Rothko was a skilled colorist.The goal of his oversized color field paintings was to make the viewer feel "enveloped within" his painting. The simplicity of his art is often misunderstood. They are more than just color studies. Rothko felt his art was spiritual.

‣ Challenge yourself and learn how to paint like Rothko.

‣ Or just go for a quick view to a Rothko exhibition.