Watercolor and Lipstick?

So I bet you're wondering what this picture has to do with lipstick? More precisely it's lip color. I'm taking watercolor painting classes and today was our second class. This exercise was about how cool colors recede and warm colors come forward. The blues are cool and the browns are warm. We used a lot of greys - mixing cool greys and warm greys from blue and brown paint. So - you probably know that when you color lips the top lip is darker than the bottom one. What if you used this idea too - say you're using reds for lip color - use a warm red (red-orange) on the top and a cool red on the bottom (red-blue). Give it a try and let me know what happens!


2 color painting

Posted by judi at February 23, 2006 6:13 PM
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Well you have done it again girl! one more thing you have nearly mastered! Not only that you are thinking too LOL KUDOS

Posted by: lizardlady at February 23, 2006 7:37 PM

Woo hoo Judi that painting is wonderful. You got there before me LOL! I have been toying with the idea of taking water colour classes. Will give it a try, the lips, the way you suggested and let you know. Sherry does it so there you are what wonderful results she gets.

Posted by: shashi at February 23, 2006 10:13 PM

Beautiful! But I TOLD you you'd be great at this, didn't I? (Gloat! Gloat!) I actually DID go try the lipstick thing. I have such a hideously full lower lip, and I think it made it look too much like I'd had collagen injections when the upper lip was done with the different shade. LOL! Think next time I'll reverse it just for the heck of it! We're going to have to call you Judi Picasso before long! (Hey! At least I didn't say Grandma Judi!)

Posted by: kai at February 24, 2006 12:51 PM
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