This is the grayscale that I paint from uh when I'm doing the skin. >> Skin color in her portraits is something Cheryl has given a lot of thought to. If you hadn't noticed, she doesn't use brown or black.She paints her subject's skin in shades of gray. >> Right now, we're in the midtone phase where I'm still shaping the face. >> At first, she says she just liked the way the gray looked.It reminded her of old family photographs she grew up with. This one is of her maternal grandmother. >> You want somebody t ...