What's better? Mixing colors or using the "right" colors? | pastel pencil nose study

In order to get to know pastel pencils, I decided to work on two simple nose studies: one where I used colors similar to the ones I found in the reference photo and one using primaries, secondaries and some neutral colors.
Was I able to achieve similar results?
Here's a link to Dave Porter's video that served as inspiration:
• How to draw a realisti...
Material I used:
Clairefontaine Pastelmat Paper, color light blue
Stabilo Carbothello pastel pencils, colors chosen from a set of 60
blending stump
Music:
Prelude No. 6 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommon...)
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Artist: chriszabriskie....
#colormixing #pastelpencils

[@CuteArtTreasure]

Love the lip you drew
Thanks for sharing
Look forward to next one

[@oilonpaper]

Thank you! 😊

[@shashanktripathi9346]

👍🏻 thanks for this

[@oilonpaper]

Thank you for the comment! 😊

[@Sbh152]

This was super helpful! I do hyperrealism in graphite and after seeing a few of Dave’s videos on pastels I wanted to try them out, but regretted not getting the bigger set (I got the 24 ct). I found this video looking for more info on color mixing (it’s definitely intimidating vs grayscale!) and I’m inspired to push through my discomfort with color and keep experimenting!

[@oilonpaper]

I'm so glad you found this video helpful! The more I've been experimenting with color and different mediums, the more I like limited palettes that force me to mix colors. But some convenience colors I use a lot are sure nice to add individually to the sets. Anyway. :) Thanks for leaving a comment!