PAINTS AND MATERIALS
Listed below are the specific acrylic paints chosen for their compatibility with skin tones and eye colors. Using them will allow you to experience the benefits of painting in your "color harmony". Note: This simplified list is NOT meant to guide you to choosing what colors to wear.
Let’s start with "REDS", meaning the warm color closest to your essential femininity.
If you are COOL toned (you wear pink, rose, cranberry, ruby, burgundy):
- For fair skin, light to medium hair, choose permanent rose (quinacrindone) or English red (deep brilliant red)
- If olive or dark skin with dark hair, choose alizarin crimson and cadmium red deep
If you are WARM toned ( you wear peach, salmon, brick, terra-cotta, strawberry, bright red):
- For light fair skin or freckled, blond, red, or medium brown hair, choose acra red, napthol crimson, cadmium red medium or light
- If olive or dark skin with dark or auburn hair, choose cad red medium, Indian red
Next, EYE COLORS. All eyes are a mixture of colors, so use this category as a general guideline.
Blue eyes - light cobalt blue, cerulean blue; deep-ultramarine blue
Blue Green - pthylocanine blue, manganese blue
Green Eyes - hooker’s green, viridian
Brown Eyes - burnt umber:
If your eyes are greenish brown, mix raw umber and Payne’s gray together. If the brown in your eyes is warm, try a touch of cad red mixed with one of the umbers.
Add the "toners" to soften and enrich the colors, making them more human-like:
Payne’s gray and raw umber.
Iridescent paints add shimmer and sparkle:
Gold (everyone), silver (cool only).
Add a couple of yellows (cadmium yellow medium, yellow ochre, etc.) so that you have all three "primary" colors - a red, blue, and yellow
Other supplies you will need are a couple of brushes for acrylic paints, and a palette (I like the disposable one), a bowl or similar container for water and a squirt bottle. Paper varies enormously in both quality and price. Ask at your local art supply store for paper that you can use with acrylic paint. Lenox paper is inexpensive and works great. You can use small pieces at first, but you will need full 18x24 sheets to really let loose. You will also need some type of board to attach your paper to.
A final note before you get started; if you feel confused or overwhelmed by choosing these paints or supplies, PLEASE IGNORE THE LIST, back up and do something simpler. Some familiarity with painting materials is necessary. Local art stores often offer demos and classes. I can also help you get started. Phone consultations are available.
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