I did the following portrait with 3 main pigments from the artist Johannes Vermeer's palette. As I happened to read through a watercolor book introducing color relationships and how the old masters apply them, I wanted to try out the palette used by Vermeer in most of his paintings and hopefully achieve similar outcomes. The three pigments I had limited myself to using is 1. Yellow Ochre 2.Burnt Umber and 3.Ultramarine. These three colours could be seen in abundance in the two paintings shown above.
Vermeer's palette practice
23 Dec 2011
Watercolour on paper
I think the attempt was rather failed in terms of aesthetic qualities, but I do like the details of my neck to some extent. :P I have to work on the control of intensity and creating a colour plan to avoid putting too many layers (e.g. on the face), which is unfavorable in watercolors.
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