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Discover the concepts you need to learn BEFORE you begin Painting Portraits. Before learning the mechanics of portrait painting, one needs to know about skin tones in general.
***This is an excellent introduction to painting portraits. |
Success in Portrait Painting comes with Knowledge |
The Many Colors of Skin Tones Regardless of ethnic origin, humans come in many shades and colors...light skinned individuals are not all white, infact none are white! Brown skinned individuals are not all brown, their skin ranges from the palest shade of coffee to the darkest shades of chocolate. As artists we must learn what to look for and how our rendition of a portrait is impacted by light, age, race, color temperature and so many other factors. |
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