Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work. I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since. While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad. No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies. This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation. I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate. My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process. The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was. There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table. The other bonus ...
We've talked about what I wish I'd known and we've talked about my swatch book. Today we're going to discuss Sandy Allnock's Hex chart. I was a later adopter of the hex chart and today I'm going to talk about how I use mine.
Above is my hex chart for my Caio markers. If you're really observant you may have spotted my two small errors. I wasn't willing to color my chart all over again, so I drew a couple small arrows to show notate the colors I transposed. Ok, housekeeping out of the way, on with the discussion.
I use my hex chart as more of a color wheel than I do for color selection. I often start with colors in mind and select colors from my swatch book, but when I want to blend something a bit more unusual or if I use a marker that I don't have a "blending buddy" for I turn to the hex chart. For example one of my favorite blends is B99 with BG09. These are both deep dark shades and they create a stunning dark blend. I also use BG72 and G21 together for leaves, which creates a shade that reminds me of eucalyptus. These are both colors I wouldn't have blended together on my own. There is an advantage to being able to see all the shades laid out on one sheet, it opens a lot of possibilities.
The other advantage of hex chat is that it helps me see which colors I have can be swapped in for similar colors I may not have. If you look at the chart above you'll see that B29, B28, and B18 at the bottom left of the chart are nearly identical. Do I need all three of those? No. Any of those shades could be interchanged in a blend to get a similar result in your coloring.
Regardless of how you plan to use the hex chart or which style of Copics you use, I think this is a valuable tool.
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