limited palette

For my art project I did the limited palette project. I choose up to 5 colors and from those five colors I can only use them for my whole project. I could mix them together, or use them by themselves but I had to use my choice of colors. My portrait is a painting of a black woman's silhouette. The portrait t shows her neck up, so her dark brown hair with her bold red lips. I didn't draw any eyes or nose of that nature.I believe that one of the notable features of a black women is her hair and lips. I just wanted my portrait to communicate the black culture. I used acrylic paints colors including: brown, pink, purple, and white. I also used a mixing palette and a palette knife to help me mix all of my colors together. I did my painting on a piece of cardboard. Now looking back on it I wish I used canvas because I predict that it would have looked better. One of the most important technique of this project was mixing for me. I had to thoroughly go in and use my palette knife to mix my colors together to create a new color. If I could change one thing about my project I would change one of my colors which is purple. I really didn't use it as much in my painting. In conclusion I really did enjoy doing this project it was really fun and studying when I was mixing the paints together.