Portrait of Artist K.Bornikov

approach — 8 steps

color palette

primary · raw umber · titanium white · ivory black

secondary · cadmium red light · yellow ochre

Mix skin tones by blending white, raw umber, and small amounts of red and yellow. Use black and umber to create shadows, and white to create highlights.

techniques

• ·portrait sketching
• ·value studies
• ·blending
• ·scumbling
• ·chiaroscuro

common pitfalls

• →Getting the proportions of the face wrong.
• →Overblending the skin tones, resulting in a flat appearance.
• →Not paying enough attention to the values, resulting in a lack of depth.
• →Using too much detail too early in the process.