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Advice on producing a realistic skin tone
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Hi All,
I wonder if you can help me? I'm still relatively new at using acrylics after nine months but find them a fun and forgiving medium to use. At the moment I'm stretching my legs in terms of finding out what I like painting and I'm finding portraits tricky in terms of finding a natural colour for skin.
Obviously everyone's skin tone is unique but I'm finding it tricky to get a nice natural base colour for white skin. I'm currently using Daler Rowney's System 3 range and have used their Flesh Tint but I'm finding that, whilst mixing the colour with Burnt Sienna and Burnt Umbra, that the tone is too dark. Originally I tried mixing a colour using mixes of white, crimson and yellow but it was rather haphazard.
Do you have any mixes of colour that you use to produce a natural looking skin tone?
Paint-wise I intend to switch over to the new Winsor and Newton Artist Acrylic range when my current paints run out.
Any help will be much appreciate.
Thanks,
Oli