Portrait de Marie-Magdeleine Bille

approach — 8 steps

color palette

primary · ivory black · titanium white · raw umber · cadmium red light

secondary · yellow ochre · ultramarine blue

Skin tones are achieved by mixing white, red, yellow ochre, and a touch of raw umber. The dress is primarily black with subtle variations created by adding small amounts of white or raw umber.

techniques

• ·portraiture
• ·glazing
• ·scumbling
• ·blending
• ·underpainting

common pitfalls

• →Getting the proportions wrong in the initial sketch.
• →Overworking the skin tones and losing the subtle value changes.
• →Making the dress too flat and lacking in dimension.
• →Failing to capture the delicate details of the bonnet.