John described a method his friend, Dave Dornan, uses to keep your eye moving through color placement. Dave will begin by starving the painting of color and work mostly in black and white. As he adds color, he triangulates the placement of primary colors to get your eye moving. I feel like the top image is a good example of this type color placement. His images aren't figure paintings, which is what we've been focusing on creating, but they are good reminders for color analysis. Keep in mind how much neutral and intense colors you want to exist in your image. The neutrals will always make your intense colors pop visually and hold the viewer's attention.
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