Pre-mixing flesh tones for portrait painting

Pre-mixing flesh tones for portrait painting

Starting a portrait I always prepare my palette carefully. In the picture you see the palette that I made for the video tutorial “Portrait of a little girl”.

Mixtures on my palette
Mixtures on my palette

People often have difficulties with mixing the flesh colours. And indeed in the beginning it is not so easy. In all my videos I spend a lot of attention to the explanation how I mix my colours. In this demonstration, the flesh tones are of a half-dark skin complexion.

Portrait of a little girl

 

 

6 Replies to “Pre-mixing flesh tones for portrait painting”

  1. Thank you so much for posting this, I can’t wait until the video is for sale 🙂 I am a self taught artist and I always just so happen to make flesh tones (a guessing game rather than a technique). In all of your portrait demonstrations you provided a base and technique (you provided the name of the colors, and you use a color swatch against the original subject). I usually have the hardest time with the highlights on dark skin, any suggestions? I attached my website. Thank you so much, I really love your work.

    1. Hi. Highlights on any skin usually are cool colors. So white + crimson or white + ultramarine. On dark skin white + ultramarine can be the solution.

  2. I love your work! You have taught me that you don’t have to do micro details to gain likeness and instill beauty in portrait art. I learned most of my oil painting art techniques through uTube videos and websites via generous professionals like yourself. I am so grateful that you are willing to share, but I plan to enroll in as many live workshops as I can next year. I look forward to your demonstration on the flesh tones of a half-dark skin complexion. Do you know when you will post? I think purchasing your videos will also be a good investments. Thanks so much!

    1. Hi Jeanette. I am glad to hear that you like my video tutorials. Youtube is great to learn…and to teach! The tutorial of the half dark skin complexion will take some more time than I thought. I was not really happy with the digital quality and I am repeating the editing. So be patient.
      Kind regards.
      Ben.

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