Thanks everyone who chimed into my first help request.

I picked up a set of winsor newton acrylic paint and a paint pen. That was definitely the right advice.

The red could go straight onto the board, but all the other colors needed to be backed by white.

Does anyone have good tips on mixing skin colors for paints? Right now all of these on the board were solid colors ,

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[–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

Black white

Yellows, Ochre, cadmium, process

Process Magenta, cadmium red

Process cyan, ultramarine

Permanent green

Yellow ochre and white seems to be in the right direction for the skin or straw hat

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    If ochre and white gives you a good starting point, you can add a little blue or green (Very little!) to desaturate the color a bit so he doesn't like "glow". No black! Black not only darkens but also kills off the paint.

    Add a touch of red to that base mix to see what you get (a smidgeon, the tiniest of touches).

    I'd go yellow ochre + a little bit red, then white. A bit more white for highlights (and a tiny bit yellow because the sun is yellow), less white for darker skin. Now you have dark, midtone and highlight. Add a little bit blue to the midtone to make a shadow color (because tje sun isn't in tje shadows but the sky might, and it's blue). Or test green, kills off the red in the skin very well.

    But you can get away with less of course, or more, mixing colors is fun!

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