Painting Flesh Tones
By: Keith West
Mixing Flesh Tones
To mix flesh tones use the following colors:
mix raw seina and burnt seina and white together
add more raw seina if its too red
add more burnt seina if it is too yellow
for an african american tone add burnt umber to the mix
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for highlights use a lighter shade of the same color. by adding white to the mix
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for washes first use a flat sealer
then after doing the washes use a Q tip dip in thinner and dab around to blend out the harsh lines.
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colors
primary colors = red blue yellow
mix red and blue to get purple
mix red and yellow to get orange
mix yellow and blue to get green
These new colors of purple orange and green are the secondary colors
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the complementary colors of
blue is orange
red is green
yellow is purple
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mix two complementary colors together to get brown
blue and orange is burnt umber
red and green is burnt seina
yellow and purple raw seina
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