“Now paint it green”
There were a few languages being spoken in the classroom, so I thought maybe I had misunderstood our instructor. I had just spent hours painting a beautiful grisaille (black and white painting) of a lovely face. Now I was supposed to paint her green?
Yep.
And then red.
And then yellow.
That was the day the mystery of those glowing, realistic, museum portraits was unlocked in my mind. Hues that had seemed so impossible to mix on my palette were simply layers of primary colors.
As it turns out, layers of reds and greens and yellows equal…skin tones! Who knew.
Art is so cool.
