How to Make Any Skin Tone With Watercolour
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Publicado 2021-03-25
It's essential that you practise these mixtures and experiment with all of the colours in your palette to really get to grips with tweaking the primaries to achieve natural, realistic skin tones.
TIME STAMPS
Important Colour Theory Crash-Course [00:39]
How To Mix A Skin Tone [02:54]
Mixing Light Through To Dark Skin Tones [06:29]
Variations Of Skin Tones [09:42]
Experimenting With Different Primary Colours [14:05]
I hope you enjoy it, find it useful and learn loads, and as always if you have any questions fire them off in the comments, J
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- Daniel Smith Watercolours [French Ultramarine, Pyrrole Red & Hansa Yellow Medium]
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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People who know their colours and colour theory is ✨THE BEST✨
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I remember years ago trying to figure out how to paint my relatives and friends (who are black) and looking up resources I was appalled to see that most of the "professionals" who painted black people seem to think there was only one dark skin tone (and it was often a dull, mutated brown). But when I was trying to paint my friend and her dad they were 2 completely different browns and were not mutated or dull in tone. So thank you for this! Even showing that darker skin tones come in different 'warmth'.
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I LOVE how you achieved those deep skin tones. You showed such a white range of skin tones.
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This video is fantastic!! I love how you've covered the topic so thoroughly and shown so much variation. ❤❤❤
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After 28 years of being too scared to give into my artistic impulses, I’ve decided to take up watercolors. Something about the free flowing nature of the process with water resonates with me for why I want to nurture the artistic side of myself. For now, what interests me in watercolor above acrylic, oil, pencil, ect. Is that sometimes a mistake can be made that turns out to make the painting even better/unique in the end. Something about watercolor happens that even at the end of a painting if it looks like a preschool photo, the process and interactions with the water and pigment still created a process that was fulfilling. I’m sure that other mediums have similar aspects. But something about the carefree, yet intentional approach to watercolor is fascinating. Something sort of like you are intentionally allowing randomness. I find a lot of similarities to this in every day life as well as an outlet for unhealthy emotions that are caused by a lack of control in the world. Anyways, I just wanted to say that your videos have helped me a lot. There is a lot of self doubt when creating something it seems. But your videos have kept me consistent because you explain things very clearly. Thanks a lot!
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Such a comprehensive video! All the swatches are so juicy and satisfying!
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ive been crying searching for a REALLY beginner painting skintones and then i found you! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! OMFG YOURE A GOD SEND
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FYI: If you don't get the same mixing results in this video, be sure to check the pigment numbers on your tubes, NOT the marketing names, because they can vary widely! From what I can tell, the three main pigments used in this video were: 1) PR 254 -- "Pyrrol Red" in Daniel Smith, but also known as "Winsor Red" in Winsor Newton or "Scarlet Red" in Schminke, etc. 2) PY 97 -- "Hansa Yellow Medium" in Daniel Smith, but also called "Arylide Yellow FGL" in Da Vinci or "Hansa Yellow Deep" in M. Graham, etc. 3) PB29 -- "French Ultramarine Blue" in Daniel Smith, but also named "Ultramarine Deep" in Sennelier, or "Permanent Blue" by Rowney, etc. Happy mixing, -- L
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This video was randomly recommended to me and I'm so glad, because I've been having trouble figuring out how to mix different skin tones and this is super helpful, definitely going to have to sit down and try it all out! Thank you! And your channel and art is beautiful, so glad to have found all this!
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ive always had such a hard time explaining this to people and your tutorial condenses it so well! thank you, i can show this to my friends when they ask me about painting skin tones!
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Ummmm excuse me... you dropped this 👑
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I have never truly understood color theory and every color wheel has been so overwhelming to me. Your circles color wheel MADE THE LIGHTBULB COME ON! THANK YOU!!!!!
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I found you at the right time. Trying to make a birthday card for my granddaughter. Thank you.
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Nobody that I've watched has explained the color wheel so well where I understood. I'm gonna make my own color wheel and see how it goes
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I agree, French Ultramarine is the most beautiful blue - dare I say, the most beautiful color, period. Your method of mixing skin colors is the most intuitive one I've learned so far, and it's probably the one I'll be using from now on.
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This has got to be the most helpful video I have ever watched!
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Im so excited for this video! I’ve recently gotten back into painting, so this came at the right time. ❤️
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That ultramarine blue on your palette is begging for mercy !
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I'm a beginner and I've watched so many skin tone tutorials but yours is the best. Keep it up you did great 😊
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This was sooooo helpful! I’m a beginner and I feel like I have a better grasp on mixing skin tones now. Thank you!!!
