I might do a tutorial on darker skin tones sometime on my website. A black friend let me take a good reference photo of her recently, so that might be a good start for a tutorial. In many ways darker complexions are easier to match. Start anyone's skin tone with a value study in Burnt Sienna and you can't go wrong.
Thank you! Darker skin tones are interesting. What I've noticed is that in many ways they're easier. Burnt Sienna is a good base color for darker or lighter skin tones, simply deepen with umbers or blue-violet and lighten a bit less, maybe use Yellow Ochre for lightening - judge by that person's complexion. Or approximate it with blends of Burnt Sienna and other toning colors, usually reds and yellows but sometimes a bit of blue.
I found this video via your website. I LOVE both your website and the videos you've made. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with us! You're an amazing artist!
LOL getting dirty and mixing with your fingers is fine. I'd suggest using very soft oil pastels if you want that, like Sennelier or Portfolio Watersoluble oil pastels. They'd move easiest with finger smudging.
Goes to show what happens when I'm narrating while drawing. Yes, actually, I could have mixed it with the purple and red and the purple with blue a bit easier. You can mix tertiaries with the primaries though if you just change the proportions. Using red twice and blue once made red-violet, using red once and blue heavily made a blue-violet instead of a clean purple.
Neato. :) I like this video series already. Question: shouldn't that have been the purple with the red, and purple with the blue, instead of red/blue for the tertiaries?
Yes, you're right. I did successfully mix them with the primaries though by varying the quantity of red and blue that went into the tertiaries. I'm so used to doing that. There's often more than one way to get a color right.
I might do a tutorial on darker skin tones sometime on my website. A black friend let me take a good reference photo of her recently, so that might be a good start for a tutorial. In many ways darker complexions are easier to match. Start anyone's skin tone with a value study in Burnt Sienna and you can't go wrong.
robertsloan2 4 months ago
Thank you! Darker skin tones are interesting. What I've noticed is that in many ways they're easier. Burnt Sienna is a good base color for darker or lighter skin tones, simply deepen with umbers or blue-violet and lighten a bit less, maybe use Yellow Ochre for lightening - judge by that person's complexion. Or approximate it with blends of Burnt Sienna and other toning colors, usually reds and yellows but sometimes a bit of blue.
robertsloan2 4 months ago
Oh yeah, I forgot to ask- what about darker skin tones? No one seems to cover those. lol
yeahgirl11 4 months ago
I found this video via your website. I LOVE both your website and the videos you've made. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with us! You're an amazing artist!
yeahgirl11 4 months ago
O_O u look like pedo
globsat100 4 months ago
Thanks a lot...i love your video. SIMPLE and Informative...thanks.
felisagabay 5 months ago
Thank you!
LOL getting dirty and mixing with your fingers is fine. I'd suggest using very soft oil pastels if you want that, like Sennelier or Portfolio Watersoluble oil pastels. They'd move easiest with finger smudging.
robertsloan2 6 months ago
Good information, thank you!
cheryblosom 6 months ago
Whatever happened to getting dirty and using your fingers to mix the colors?
NathanMan100 1 year ago
@NathanMan100 isnt tht half the fun?!?!?!?
badbad123wee 8 months ago
Wonderfully informative...thanks very much
mon4anu 1 year ago
it is wonderfully informative
mon4anu 1 year ago
thanks a bunch for the lesson, Just bought my first set of oil pastels and didn't know how to begin. Very informative.
floppyandbear2010 1 year ago
@floppyandbear2010 - glad I could help!
robertsloan2 1 year ago
this is what i need to do for my art class.
i need some homework for my class
thanks for making this video!
angelic212 1 year ago
@angelic212 - have fun! I think you'll find they're so versatile and bright that it's easy to create new and interesting art with them.
robertsloan2 1 year ago
Thank you, that was incredibly helpful <3
ceciliamorango 1 year ago
@ceciliamorango - Thank you!
robertsloan2 1 year ago
Goes to show what happens when I'm narrating while drawing. Yes, actually, I could have mixed it with the purple and red and the purple with blue a bit easier. You can mix tertiaries with the primaries though if you just change the proportions. Using red twice and blue once made red-violet, using red once and blue heavily made a blue-violet instead of a clean purple.
robertsloan2 2 years ago
Neato. :) I like this video series already. Question: shouldn't that have been the purple with the red, and purple with the blue, instead of red/blue for the tertiaries?
NerwenGreen 2 years ago
Yes, you're right. I did successfully mix them with the primaries though by varying the quantity of red and blue that went into the tertiaries. I'm so used to doing that. There's often more than one way to get a color right.
robertsloan2 2 years ago