Spontaneous Strategy

The most recent color theory exploration led to a portrait painting by Matisse of his wife with a green stripe down the middle of her face. Before diving into creating my own version of his painting, I got to admire the strokes he took to create her and even more-so the beautiful, thought out color theory he presented. When I got to dive in to the actual painting process, I found I was even more mesmorized than before when I was actually mixing the colors myself and applying them. "Spontaneous strategy"is how I would define this painting's theory of color.