How to Paint a Color Study (part 2) - The Art League School

Art League instructor Danni Dawson (dannidawson.com) demos how to paint a portrait in a color study, using layers of pure color to build a face. Danni explains how to paint the planes of the subject instead of drawing. (Part 1: • How to Paint a Color S... )
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[@billybussey]

you pick the perfect colors! I was so happy every time you would use a bright cool one.

[@devinmichaelroberts9954]

Wow this is awesome, I wish she painted this way all the time.

[@Socrates...]

It would be interesting to taking into consideration what type of light bulb is being used so you can work out the cast colour and then build up from there. Also to use the tip of the brush as a colour checker might help in the process.

[@CarlMattick]

. . . as I said in the previous comment section for Part 1, it would have been useful to have filmed it in split-screen so that we could see what the painter was seeing as she painted. . .

[@Engelhafen]

Wow, that's a lot of colors on that palette - about 4 times more than Sargent used!

[@priscillacardinale1750]

That's because she's not painting like Sargent. She's using Henry Hensche's techniques. It's brilliant.

[@Engelhafen]

Oh Sargent is brilliant

[@priscillacardinale1750]

Yes, Sargent is brilliant but he has absolutely nothing to do with this demonstration, does he? One of Henry Hensche's requirements for his students was to have as many different pre-mixed colors on the palette as were necessary for capturing the light key.