Portrait de la baronne, Dannery tenant son fils Jean Germain Samuel dans ses bras

approach — 8 steps

color palette

primary · titanium white · yellow ochre · ultramarine blue

secondary · burnt umber · cadmium red light · ivory black

Mix skin tones using titanium white, yellow ochre, and a touch of cadmium red light. Use ultramarine blue and white for the sky, adding small amounts of burnt umber for the darker areas. Mix the clothing colors with yellow ochre, burnt umber, and ultramarine blue.

techniques

• ·portraiture
• ·soft blending
• ·glazing
• ·color mixing
• ·rendering fabric

common pitfalls

• →Overworking the skin tones, resulting in a muddy appearance.
• →Failing to capture the correct proportions of the figures.
• →Using too much detail in the background, distracting from the main subject.
• →Not blending colors sufficiently, resulting in a choppy or uneven finish.