Blonde hair

[Denise Hall]

For the hair I used many colors on my palette. I work with Peggy Baumgaertner's palette with a couple of additions I have picked up from John De La Vega's palette. I admire both their work very much. Most of my paint is Winsor Newton or Rembrandt with additions of Gamblin's Alizarin Crimson and Old Holland various Naples yellows.


I began at the back of her hair in the shadow, dividing her hair into 3 values. I used kings blue, alizarin,cerulean blue and dioxizine purple and quite possibly some ivory black. (Mamieri puro). For the mid value area I used cadmium orange, alizarin or quinocridone rose and some yellow ochre . The lights are yellow ochre, cadmium yellow, cad. orange and hints of quinoc. rose with some white.


I hope this helps -- sounds like a lot of colors!