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Tristan Elwell
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4yr
added comment inOil paint 102 - Zorn Pallet
You should be able to hit all the colors in that photo with the Zorn palette. First, establish the background accurately (why did you change it?). A straight ivory black/white mix should give a cool gray that’s very close to the photo, make sure you get the value right! For the complexion colors, I suggest you mix up several tints of black, red, and yellow with white and use those as the bases for your lighter mixtures, rather than bouncing back and forth between your pure colors. Identify the value of the area, determine whether it’s predominantly red/pink, yellow, or gray, and mix colors of similar value together. Color mixing is much easier if you approach it analytically rather than just blindly throwing colors into an ever-growing pile of paint!
Tristan Elwell
4yr
This is an extreme example of what I’m talking about, but here I’ve demonstrated how to adapt the Zorn palette to the Reilly palette setup. You don’t have to go this far, but bringing you component colors to a similar value before you mix them will give you much more control.