I think everyone, at some point in their painting lives, has a bit of ‘painter's block'. It's such an awful feeling..... Instead of thinking, “I want to paint something”, reframe the idea. Ask yourself, “What might I want to explore?” This will immediately take the pressure off of feeling like you need to have a ‘finished' work. Instead, you will be in exploration mode. [...]

An analogous palette is a set of colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel. The colors work well because they are all related to each other so they are naturally pleasing to the eye. They can be any sets of colors, yellow-orange, orange, orange-red, or red, red-purple, purple, purple-blue. You want to have both a minimum and maximum number, so a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5, with one color dominating. [...]