Joanne's visual diary

Today, we got various colours that we had to mix to get the tone of our skin and the colour of our school uniforms. The demonstration made me feel that this was a very easy task but when I actually tried to create my skin tone, it wasn't as easy as it seemed. We got 4 colours to use to make the skin tone; red, yellow, white and black that had a more professional name the was far too artistic for me to remember. I mixed lots of yellow to the white, added a bit or red and the whole thing turned pink. I decided to add some black which resulted in the colour of pinkish cream. more yellow and black was added, followed by three squirts of white. I noticed that my palette was starting to overflow with paint but the paint was still pinkish greyish color that was not even close to my skin tone. I gave up and decided to add all the yellow and white I have which and the outcome was the colour of my skin! (I admit, it was still a bit pinkish and greyish but it was close enough) By the time I finished my skin tone and cleaned my palette, the bell rang and the art lesson was over. I learnt that finding the right colour isn't as easy as it seems and I learnt that I like painting even though i'm not the best one around.