Sonya Rowan
@sonyarowan.bsky.social
🩷 Artist and author motivated by care and curiosity.
🩵 Helping fellow artists and teachers understand colour.
💛 New book in the works!
Check out sonyarowan.com for more colour musings. ❤️💚💙
🩵 Helping fellow artists and teachers understand colour.
💛 New book in the works!
Check out sonyarowan.com for more colour musings. ❤️💚💙
Even though red, yellow and blue are not a true set of primary colours, they can still make some nice browns.
#colour #colormixing #colourdial
#colour #colormixing #colourdial
August 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Even though red, yellow and blue are not a true set of primary colours, they can still make some nice browns.
#colour #colormixing #colourdial
#colour #colormixing #colourdial
What are your favourite ways to mix black and brown with paint?
#black #brown #colormixing #painting #watercolorpainting #primarycolors
#black #brown #colormixing #painting #watercolorpainting #primarycolors
August 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What are your favourite ways to mix black and brown with paint?
#black #brown #colormixing #painting #watercolorpainting #primarycolors
#black #brown #colormixing #painting #watercolorpainting #primarycolors
August 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The fact that ink for printers is transparent doesn't mean there is a difference when using artist paints. Watercolour, oil or acrylic will all follow the physics of how our eyes and brains usually interpret light.
#colortheory #painting #design
#colortheory #painting #design
August 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The fact that ink for printers is transparent doesn't mean there is a difference when using artist paints. Watercolour, oil or acrylic will all follow the physics of how our eyes and brains usually interpret light.
#colortheory #painting #design
#colortheory #painting #design
Love seeing colour theory shifting in pop culture. Thank you Ok Go and it would be awesome if they work with Sesame Street to make an updated and correct colour video for kids so they don’t have to grow up confused about colour.
#colour #colortheory #goodchange
#colour #colortheory #goodchange
July 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Love seeing colour theory shifting in pop culture. Thank you Ok Go and it would be awesome if they work with Sesame Street to make an updated and correct colour video for kids so they don’t have to grow up confused about colour.
#colour #colortheory #goodchange
#colour #colortheory #goodchange
It’s so easy to love colour this time of year!
July 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It’s so easy to love colour this time of year!
Do you feel like some colours are more friendly than others?
July 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Do you feel like some colours are more friendly than others?
This is my favourite time of year but I need to appreciate the cute baby plants and be less impatient for flowers. The feeling of waiting for flowers is similar to waiting for a book release. The process can feel long but it’s better to find the cute little moments along the way. #writingcommunity
June 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is my favourite time of year but I need to appreciate the cute baby plants and be less impatient for flowers. The feeling of waiting for flowers is similar to waiting for a book release. The process can feel long but it’s better to find the cute little moments along the way. #writingcommunity
I recently had a literary agent confirm that it is very rare for nonfiction books to be accepted by agents and publishers unless the author has built up an audience and successful business before seeking an agent and publisher. I wish this would be more widely communicated. #writingcommunity
May 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I recently had a literary agent confirm that it is very rare for nonfiction books to be accepted by agents and publishers unless the author has built up an audience and successful business before seeking an agent and publisher. I wish this would be more widely communicated. #writingcommunity
While enjoying the May flowers I have been toiling away at the more boring part of book creation…back matter. Do you often read things like the appendix, index and bibliography in a nonfiction book?
#writing #authorlife #newbook
#writing #authorlife #newbook
May 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
While enjoying the May flowers I have been toiling away at the more boring part of book creation…back matter. Do you often read things like the appendix, index and bibliography in a nonfiction book?
#writing #authorlife #newbook
#writing #authorlife #newbook
Even after years of working to understand mixing coloured materials, my mind still wants to recall the old lessons. Those old stories are very sticky. It takes work to remember to remind ourselves of the newer information.
May 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Even after years of working to understand mixing coloured materials, my mind still wants to recall the old lessons. Those old stories are very sticky. It takes work to remember to remind ourselves of the newer information.
The illustrations for the book are finally done. Now for more editing. I’m exploring releasing the book as a PDF. Do you prefer to read on a screen or on paper?
#writing #watercolor #painting
#writing #watercolor #painting
April 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The illustrations for the book are finally done. Now for more editing. I’m exploring releasing the book as a PDF. Do you prefer to read on a screen or on paper?
#writing #watercolor #painting
#writing #watercolor #painting
April 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Taking time to practice noticing and paying attention can help us improve our problem solving and decision making skills.
youtube.com/@seekit-kids...
#skillbuilding #writing #music
youtube.com/@seekit-kids...
#skillbuilding #writing #music
April 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Taking time to practice noticing and paying attention can help us improve our problem solving and decision making skills.
youtube.com/@seekit-kids...
#skillbuilding #writing #music
youtube.com/@seekit-kids...
#skillbuilding #writing #music
Many cyan and magenta paints don’t mix a good ultramarine because pigments aren’t geometrically consistent.
Even though a limited palette of CMY makes it difficult to create a vivid ultramarine, we should still conceptually use a CMY spectrum for reference and theory.
#paintings #colourmixing
Even though a limited palette of CMY makes it difficult to create a vivid ultramarine, we should still conceptually use a CMY spectrum for reference and theory.
#paintings #colourmixing
April 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Many cyan and magenta paints don’t mix a good ultramarine because pigments aren’t geometrically consistent.
Even though a limited palette of CMY makes it difficult to create a vivid ultramarine, we should still conceptually use a CMY spectrum for reference and theory.
#paintings #colourmixing
Even though a limited palette of CMY makes it difficult to create a vivid ultramarine, we should still conceptually use a CMY spectrum for reference and theory.
#paintings #colourmixing
If you want to find fresh spring greens with paint, reach for cyan. Blue is too close to magenta and will muddy the green.
#watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolour #painting #cyan #colourmixing
#watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolour #painting #cyan #colourmixing
April 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you want to find fresh spring greens with paint, reach for cyan. Blue is too close to magenta and will muddy the green.
#watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolour #painting #cyan #colourmixing
#watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolour #painting #cyan #colourmixing
One of the little side projects I have been working on for kids is about encouraging them to pay attention to their surroundings and senses. The channel on YouTube is @seekit-kids
#lovehearts #enjoysenses #video #shortfilm
#lovehearts #enjoysenses #video #shortfilm
March 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
One of the little side projects I have been working on for kids is about encouraging them to pay attention to their surroundings and senses. The channel on YouTube is @seekit-kids
#lovehearts #enjoysenses #video #shortfilm
#lovehearts #enjoysenses #video #shortfilm
A new blog post is up on my website about Emily Noyes Vanderpoel.
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March 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A new blog post is up on my website about Emily Noyes Vanderpoel.
If you would like colourful insights and discoveries to land in your inbox, please sign up on my website. I don’t send emails too frequently.
Sonyarowan.com
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I decided to choose this photo for the about me page on my website because it’s how I’m responding in my head when people say red, yellow and blue are primary colours for mixing paint.
March 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I decided to choose this photo for the about me page on my website because it’s how I’m responding in my head when people say red, yellow and blue are primary colours for mixing paint.
When I tell people they can mix the widest gamut of colours with CMY paints, I don’t mean every other kind of pigment can be replicated. The stunningly bright orange and ultramarine seem to be out of reach for some of my cyan and magenta watercolours.
#illustrations #watercolour #illustration
#illustrations #watercolour #illustration
March 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
When I tell people they can mix the widest gamut of colours with CMY paints, I don’t mean every other kind of pigment can be replicated. The stunningly bright orange and ultramarine seem to be out of reach for some of my cyan and magenta watercolours.
#illustrations #watercolour #illustration
#illustrations #watercolour #illustration
Another blog post is up on my website about finding CMY on Georgia O’Keeffe’s palette.
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#colourlove #painterspalette #georgiaokeeffe
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#colourlove #painterspalette #georgiaokeeffe
March 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Another blog post is up on my website about finding CMY on Georgia O’Keeffe’s palette.
Sonyarowan.com
#colourlove #painterspalette #georgiaokeeffe
Sonyarowan.com
#colourlove #painterspalette #georgiaokeeffe
These glasses are great party favours! I was happy surprised when these came home from two different birthday parties. A fun way to demonstrate cyan and pink mixing blue.🩵🩷
#colourmixing #colour #primarycolours
#colourmixing #colour #primarycolours
March 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
These glasses are great party favours! I was happy surprised when these came home from two different birthday parties. A fun way to demonstrate cyan and pink mixing blue.🩵🩷
#colourmixing #colour #primarycolours
#colourmixing #colour #primarycolours
Everyone experiences perception slightly differently. The difference we experience is a spectrum.
March 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Everyone experiences perception slightly differently. The difference we experience is a spectrum.