How Do You Mix Caucasian Skin Tones For Portrait Oil Painting?
Mixing skin tones for oil painting portraits can be tricky, but knowing some basics can take all the guess work out of it. The following article will give you the mixtures for skin tones in a range of the lightest flesh tones to the darkest for Caucasian skin tones. Paint the lightest skin tone using white, yellow ochre, and cadmium red light. White will be the highest concentration of oil paint. Mix by adding yellow ochre and cadmium red light a little at a time until you have a realistic light flesh tone. Paint the mid-range skin tone using white, yellow ochre, cadmium red light and cerulean blue. Again, use the colors sparingly to get just the tone you want. This combination will give you a basic caucasian skin tone. Paint the darkest skin tone using white, yellow ochre, cadmium red light and cerulean blue. These are the same colors of the mid-range skin tone, but you will mix them to a warm, pink flesh color. This combination will be used on the ruddy areas of the complexion. To wa
