French Poet and His Mother

approach — 8 steps

color palette

primary · burnt sienna · ivory black · titanium white · cadmium red

secondary · ultramarine blue · yellow ochre

Mix burnt sienna and black for the dark clothing. Use white to create lighter tints of the reds and browns. Add small amounts of blue to darken the reds and browns.

techniques

• ·alla prima
• ·broken color
• ·scumbling
• ·simplified form

common pitfalls

• →Overworking the details and losing the expressive quality.
• →Creating muddy colors by over-mixing.
• →Ignoring the underlying value structure.
• →Getting bogged down in precise rendering