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Making the camera be honest. . .
I've also found that colors and contrast are skewed when taking artwork photos. When photographing subtle colors, the camera seems to need to spread things over the full range of colors and values. So I'll include a color range and something black and white along side the painting to prevent the camera from exaggerating what should be subtle differences.
The two images of the WIP watercolor below were taken in the same light, same camera settings a few moments apart from each other... only difference is what else besides the artwork is included in the photo. To me, the one with the multi-colors and white/black is a much closer representation of what the piece actually looks like than the version with the dark only background which results in overblown lights and too much contrast where there should be soft color transitions . .
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