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| Original Oil Painting by Lee Papworth |
This week I thought it would be a good idea to give some tips on mixing successful skin tones I hope you find it useful!
Whether your skin appears predominantly pinkish or brownish, it will be made up of a great many different hues and tints. Skin tends to appear as a collection of cool and warm colours, which can help describe the form. Cool colours tend to recede. Warm colours tend to advance forwards. Your palette should therefore comprise of a selection of cool and warm colours.
Skin Colour Mixes - Try using different combinations and different amounts of the following primary colours to create light skin tones:- Yellow Ochre, Naples Yellow, Cadmium Yellow (warm), Cadmium Red (warm), Alizarin Crimson (cool), French Ultramarine (warm), Cobalt Blue (cool) and Titanium White.
Use blues for veins as well as darker, cooler areas and shadows. Adding blue will make your skin colour more natural looking. Use Raw or Burnt Sienna and Burnt Umber to make darker skin tones. Also consider a combination of primary colours to make beautiful rich brown colours for darker skin tones as well.
As always keep your mixtures clean and pure by limiting the number of colours in them to three or four. Take your time when mixing your colours.
Tip 1: Make a skin tone chart of your own by experimenting with the colours above. Each time you mix a colour write down next to it the colours you mixed to make it. The best way to learn is trying out different combinations and not being afraid to make mistakes!
Tip 2: Never be tempted to buy a 'flesh tint' tube of paint.. as this will never look natural and you will become a better painter mixing your own colours.
Most importantly....have fun!
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Best wishes
Lee
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| Original Oil Painting by Lee Papworth |
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| Original Oil Painting by Lee Papworth |
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