One of my favorite colors is the LUKAS 1862 brand of Cassel Earth, which has a unique, purplish cast. You will almost always find this color on my palette, no matter what I'm painting. If you can't get LUKAS's 1862 brand of Cassel Earth (sometimes it's a challenge!), I'll show you how to mix it.

I also prefer to mix my own chromatic black rather than using black straight from the tube. I find the mixed color much richer. So I'll show you how to mix one version of a chromatic dark (aka black alternative), as well.