Color Can Sometimes Be Overwhelming
Alright, so color is not working out. It seems the more you mix color, the more you continue to further aggravate yourself with every muddy decision. What's the solution? Don't use color... for now.
Students commonly make the mistake of attempting to tackle all of their painting issues at the same time. This is a sure way to quickly become overwhelmed. Instead, I recommend identifying each issue one at a time. Solve it, then move on to the next. Be honest about identifying your issues and create new tactics to solve them. Change the way you are looking at things, i.e., if being trapped inside your box is giving you nothing but grief... step outside of it.
Try painting with just black and white. This frees you up so that now you may afford the luxury of focusing on other issues, such as: value, edge intensity and paint thickness. You'll become more sensitive to color after having denied yourself of it. When you begin to slowly introduce color again, you'll begin do so with a greater appreciation and sensitivity for cools and warms, value and intensity, and how little color is needed for something to be perceived as colorful. A whole new world begins to open up and you soon forget your previous frustrations.
The moral of the story... simplify. I really can't say it enough. Painting is about simplifying. Simplify your approach, your actions, your thoughts, your problems, your way of seeing... simplify everything, K.I.S.S (Keep It Simple Stupid).
"Never increase beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything."
-William of Ockman (1285-1349)
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