Portrait palette

My guest poster today is Laurel Colins, a True Colour Expert from Nelson, B.C. Laurel uses the time-honoured principles of Feng Shui in all her colour consultations, and she's got some tips to share about the colours you definitely should (and definitely should NOT) use for your bedroom.

Portrait painting palette from Daniel Greene MA. Tones are premixed to save time when painting a live model. Click on image for larger version. (Note his palette is very large!). I would recommend his instructional video/dvd (http://tinyurl.com/ar3mpb).

Julie and Tony share their knowledge and approaches to this very exacting artform. Lots of demonstrations via slide shows and examples – step by step.

This is the pallette I use for portraits. The colors include: Asphaltum, Raw Umber, Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine, Veridian, Alizarin Cri...

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Here are a few still and progress shots from my recent vignette painting after Anthony VanDyck's painting of Cornelis van der Gesst. It never ceases to amaze me how such a variety of skin tones can be achieved from only 4 colors which are most commonly known as the Zorn Palette. Of course, Zorn didn't only use these colors all the time, but he used them an awful lot. Cadmium red, ivory black, yellow ochre and lead white were the pigments used to create this portrait, and have been a…

J. S. Sargent, limited palette, portrait realism.

Here are a few still and progress shots from my recent vignette painting after Anthony VanDyck's painting of Cornelis van der Gesst. It never ceases to amaze me how such a variety of skin tones can be achieved from only 4 colors which are most commonly known as the Zorn Palette. Of course, Zorn didn't only use these colors all the time, but he used them an awful lot. Cadmium red, ivory black, yellow ochre and lead white were the pigments used to create this portrait, and have been a…

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