MasterClass Sessions: Draw and Paint Realistic Portraits with Devon Rodriguez

This section is all about one of the most critical elements of your portrait—color. Devon previews what you’ll learn about color wheel theory, layering, and mixing so you have everything you need to keep developing your portrait.

Before you start mixing colors or painting, Devon shows you important techniques for cleaning your brushes and palette.

Devon demonstrates how to mix oil colors to create a color wheel that comprises primary, secondary, and complementary colors with distinct hues and saturation. You’ll follow his lead and create the color wheel you’ll use for your portrait.

Devon demonstrates how you can mix and blend paint colors to achieve different skin tones. He guides you as you use these new colors to paint your realistic portrait.