Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight

approach — 8 steps

color palette

primary · burnt umber · raw umber · titanium white · yellow ochre

secondary · raw sienna · cadmium red light · ultramarine blue · ivory black

Create warm flesh tones by mixing white with small amounts of yellow ochre and raw sienna, cooling shadows with touches of blue

techniques

• ·glazing for depth
• ·sfumato blending
• ·fine detail work
• ·tonal modeling
• ·hair texture rendering

common pitfalls

• →rushing the underdrawing stage
• →making flesh tones too pink
• →overworking wet paint
• →losing overall value relationships