The English Summer Gentleman Here is the classic Jewel Tone palette for a gentleman. He has Alizarin Crimson based skin tone for which I had to paint custom swatches before understanding his skin tone. Very cool coloring with warm Burnt Umber based hair and eyes. So cool skin, relatively dark, warm eyes and hair. His vibe is true to the …
One of the great pleasures of my work is getting to meet extraordinarily wonderful people. My client that I’m showcasing here is a Pewter Autumn that holds the intention to empower others. And she does that like all great teachers quite effortlessly. She just shows up and the energy in the room shifts to match her unshakeable groundedness and calm …
Beauty follows form and in the case of Personal Color Analysis, we work from the premise that everyone is unique and when your outward appearance reflects this “core” essence the more you look like yourself. Here is a young, Exotic Winter type who knows who she is. And yet, some of her palette colors expand her beyond who she is …
Personal Color Analysis (PCA) was birthed around middle part of the last century, when skill based art training and the visual language we know as fine art was decimated by the modern art movement. PCA came into being and was largely thought of as a magical process by which it’s pioneer, Susanne Caygill, made pronouncements about her impressions of people …
Here is a wonderful example of the Twilight Summer Seasonal Archetype. This gentleman has many of the tell tale traits of a male Summer: reserved, elegant, intense, slightly formal, and solid. His universal styles are Classic/Romantic/Creative. I’m pondering his classical mythological archetype, probably Prodigal Son from Ulysses. I’ll keep you posted as I develop his seasonal portfolio.
A new design from my private label, Bourbon Couture. I bought the silk chiffon years ago, long before I became a color stylist. Will I wear this print? Yes. But like anything, once you know what you don’t know, it’s impossible to go back. So, I’ve trained myself to analyze everything I wear and here are my thoughts: This design …
Color analysts are familiar with the phenomenological effect our inherent coloration has on our optical lens. This is a fact widely accepted in academic Fine Art painting circles. After years of training, art students become self-correcting and begin to use their own color preferences in the color palettes and subject matter which mark their own “style”. It is at this …
The annual Academy Awards affords color analysts the best and worst eye candy of the year. Often there are beautiful gowns on beautiful women. But sometimes I remember the gown better than the person. This is because either the color and/or style is too far removed from the person’s native coloring and seasonal archetype. One of my favorite actresses is …
I’ve discovered in my work as a portrait painter and Personal Color Analyst, the painted portrait is an abstraction of a person in much the same way a Personal Color Analysis (PCA) palette is a concise design concept of a person. In classical painting, a drawing like the one below, is made preparatory to painting so as to separate the …
In classical painting ateliers, it is taught that “color is not natural; color must be learned”. In Personal Color Analysis the idea that seeing color is an organic event still prevails; either ya got it or ya don’t. This is a holdover from the aftermath of the Modern Art movement of the last 100 years: the modernist propaganda that “skilled …
