Wax Bloom

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• 1 Jeanette Jobson // Feb 4, 2008 at 3:36 pm

  Can you tell me your colour palette for this portrait? I’m considering a portrait of my year old grand daughter and love the colours you’re using here.

• 2 S.G. Chipman // Feb 4, 2008 at 3:52 pm

  Sure! I use Prismacolors, and my palette is:

  Beige
  Peach
  Salmon Pink
  White (for burnishing)
  Light Peach
  Copenhagen Blue (darker shadows)
  Blue Slate (highlights)
  Warm Gray 10 & 20% (eye shadows)
  Sienna Brown
  Terra Cotta
  Light Umber (Hannah’s hair)
  Deco Pink (of which I have only a tiny stub left…need to find an alternative since its been discontinued)
  Rosy Beige
  Dark Green (shadows)
  Pink Rose
  Blush Pink
  Cream (for transition between pinks and white)
  Sand (hair)
  Parma Violet (cool shadows)
  Dark Umber (usually layered with copenhagen blue for very dark areas)
  Grayed Lavender (Nate only)
  Scarlet Lake (to warm up shadows)

• 3 Jeanette Jobson // Feb 4, 2008 at 9:07 pm

  Perfect, thank you! Now to just make them do what you do…:)

• 4 My Color Palette // Feb 4, 2008 at 11:19 pm

  [...] Jobson asked about the color palette I used on Nate & Hannah. I replied in the comments with the palette, [...]

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