I wanted to do a series about the different possible meanings of the word Beat/ Beet. Was going to include a city scape of a policeman's beat, but decided to stop at four paintings. The following are my preliminary ideas and plans for this group. Interesting to note how things change....

 

Preliminary Ideas - Beat Series:

 

Maybe all backgrounds in triad color scheme – violet, green, orange?

Also, tint – tone – shade?

 

Beet (vegetable)

• Portrait

• Purple bulb

• Green leaves

• Red stems

• Earth tone back ground

 

• Color Scheme – Split Complimentary

1. Violet bulb

2. Yellow-Green leaves

3. Yellow-Orange Background

4. (Red-violet stems)

 

 

Beat (accident)

• Portrait

• Brown hair

• Black whiskers

• Pink lips

• Beige skin tone

• Hazel & purple eye with yellow accent

• ?? background

 

• Color Scheme – Split Complimentary

1. Violet eye with yellow highlights (complimentary)

2. Brown hair (violet adding yellow)

3. Hazel eye (yellow-green + shade {black})

4. Skin tone (yellow-orange + tint {white})

5. Red blood lines (mouth & nose)

6. Black Whiskers & white light reflections (neutral)

 

Beat (music)

• Landscape

• Photo negative (black canvas)

• White ledger lines & clef

• Multi-colored notes x 4 (bd, sd, hh, cym),  (purple note heads, silver stems, etc)

 

Beat (plaga)

• Landscape

• Black lettering?

• Multi-colored background – violet, green, orange

 

• Color Scheme – Triad

1. Background = violet, green, orange (Tint {add white?})

2. Black lettering