Tuesday 30 July 2013

My limited palette for figure painting/ portraiture

 


Basic mixes
1. Ivory Black (Old Holland)
2. Raw Umber (Old Holland)
3. purple mix
4. green mix
5. blue mix
6. Chinese Vermillion (Sennelier)
7. orange mix
8. Yellow Ochre Light (Old Holland)
9. "brilliant highlight" - Titanium White & Yellow Ochre Light
10. Titanium White (Old Holland)

Shadow mixes
11. warm underpainting mix - Ultramarine Blue & Transparent Red Oxide - both Beckers 
12. darkest dark shadow mix - Ivory Black & Chinese Vermillion 
13. shadow mix - Ivory Black & Chinese Vermillion & Yellow Ochre Light

Flesh mixes
14. pink flesh mix 
15. yellow flesh mix
16. cool/ grey flesh mix
17. "magic brown" - nondescript mix for transitions, using between strong colour areas & greying down flesh tones