Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Portrait 38/100












I am pretty comfortable using a 3-primary plus white palette, so I dipped my toes into unfamiliar waters by using a split primary palette. I'm still not sure how to use this palette. I like the 3-primary because everything gets mixed with everything else and so the color harmony is pretty much guaranteed. That's not how I used this one. A lot of the sky colors are thanks to phthalo blue and magenta, whereas the skin colors are thanks to naphthol red mixes. More learnings are ahead, I hope! 

Here are some process shots:






Thank you to lotta love at the Museum by Sktchy app for the cool reference photo. 8x8" oil on panel.

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