Pro tip: I saw something at the Portland art museum that changed how I think about color

I went to the Portland Art Museum last weekend and spent an hour in the modern painting section. I was looking at this big abstract piece, just a bunch of color blocks, and I realized the artist used the exact same color theory we use for skin tones. The way they placed a cool blue next to a warm peach to make both pop? That's contouring. It hit me that we're not just doing makeup, we're doing color correction art on a living canvas. Has anyone else gotten ideas for their work from places that aren't beauty related?

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wren_walker6213d ago

That bit about color correction on a living canvas is so spot on. My own attempts at contouring look more like a toddler got into the mud than a modern art piece. I guess my face is more abstract expressionism than I planned.

riley86013d ago

Stick to cream formulas and blend with a damp sponge.