CONTENTS Foreword by Stephen Bauman About the Author Introduction: Separating Your Drawing Problems from Your Color Problems Part I: Drawing as a Foundation for Color 1 Getting Started with Drawing Drawing Materials Editing Your Photos Digitally Altered Photos 2 Portrait Drawing Concepts: What to Draw Facial Armature Measuring and Proportion The Four Most Important Proportions Centerline of the Head Connecting to the Center Feature Centers Triangulation Wire Structure: An Invisible Roadmap Shape Design: An Intuitive Impression 3 Portrait Drawing Techniques: How to Draw Using Graphite and Charcoal Together Charcoal Technique Early Stages of Drawing Ghosting Demonstration: Drawing for a Painting--Graphite and Charcoal Part II: Dynamic Flesh Color 4 Getting Started with Painting Painting Materials My Color Choices Using Color Transparently vs. Opaquely Ébauche: Transitioning from Drawing to Painting 5 Visualizing Color Concepts Munsell Color System Hue, Value, and Chroma Hue as It Relates to Pigments and Warm/Cool Value as It Relates to Form Chroma as It Relates to Flesh Tone Hue as It Relates to Flesh Color Diversity Amplifying Color Information for Diversity A Way of Thinking About How to Create Color Diversity on the Palette 6 Palette Strategies Creating a Flesh Palette Matrix Creating a Flesh Color Fiesta Color Flowers 7 Alternative Techniques in Painting Underpainting Technique Demonstration: Color Spot Painting Marbleizing Color Marbleizing vs. Blending Blending: The Agony and the Ecstasy Demonstration: Alla Prima Abstract Start Holding On to Abstract Moments Brushstroke Variety 8 Advanced Color Concepts Classical Flesh Model Ethnicity and Complexion Classical Flesh Model with Color Diversity and the Anatomy of Light Color Interpretation and Aesthetics 9 Understanding Color and Light The Compressed Rainbow Atmospheric Conditions Compressed Rainbow with a Model Cool and Warm Color Planes of the Head Cinematic Lighting for Mood 10 The Physical Realities of Paint Thick Paint Is Powerful Oiling Out and Glazing In A Test of Chroma Competing with a Modern Sense of Color Value and Chroma in Shadows Resources Acknowledgments Index.