Skin colours in portrait painting

Still from the video tutorial
Still from the video tutorial

Every so often I get the question of what colours skin tone is composed. I can not possibly answer that question because every complexion has its own composition.

Portrait of a little girlIn the two in-depth video tutorials I show exactly which colour and in what quantity in the different parts of the face, I used to paint the portrait.

 

 

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Canvas and preparations

Canvas and preparations

Canvas and preparations. The word canvas means a fabric used as a painting surface. Sometimes the canvas is made from cotton fibers and other times from linen fibers. Panel is nowadays almost always made of masonite or fiber board.

Whatever you use, the big secret is in the preparation.

Canvas and preparations
testing the canvas

Poorly prepared panel or canvas is lethal. Often this trashy quality is the reason, a novice in oil painting gives up after a few attempts. Flimsy linen absorbs immediately every brushstroke. Continue reading “Canvas and preparations”