Hi Renee,
Just out of curiousity, do you add a little ultramarine to get a cool flesh tone? I reviewed my notes on Paxton palette and ultramarine wasn't included in "complexion colors".
But this isn't the main point. It's all that mixing before hand that I'm trying to get my mind around.
Is all the mixing done as a sort of fail safe way of staying within value ranges? Or is there some other reason? When I paint I first establish the values in either burnt sienna and a turp or raw umber and white. That's because I'm still learning and I think that's a good way to safely get my values correct. Is this the same thinking behind all the premixing and labeling the values?
thanks,
Joan