In addition to adopting and colouring the woodcuts mentioned below or
should you prefer something more immediate I heartily recommend you get to
grips with Pinterest. This is a free web and mobile
application which offers an online facility to create your own visual themed
boards.
It has a search facility to scour the boards of other people or you can
upload your own images, when you see an image you like you ‘pin’ it to the
board you have allocated. You can then share your boards with others,
once you have pinned some images the site soon recommends pins based upon your
searches, it is fun and immediate, you can easily gather hundreds of themed
images in a short time.
I have found these boards really useful as a quick visual tool for colour
combinations. The boards I have created on this subject are a collection of
coloured woodcuts and a collection of photographs of Landsknecht re-enactors, I
have found these have helped me to better appreciate some of the finer details
of equipment, palette and dress.
You can view my Pinterest boards and
re-pin individual images or the entire boards via the links below, happy pinning !
Awesome!
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