Oils 5 o'clock shadow

[thrax]

any prefered method of 5 o'clock shadow in oils

 

[jcichon]

A mix of mars black with a touch of green lightly stippled in

 

[Gary D]

I've always had excellent results with stippling Winsor Newton Paynes Grey. Very light mind you! (in effect drybrushing by stippling). You can always add more in different areas of the beard as you go along.

best of luck!

Gary

 

[Carlos69]

Im with thrax and tend to go green... i.black and a touch of oxide of chromium applied as filters to build it up,adding more layers in shadow areas etc..

 

[John Bowery]

I go with Gary and use Paynes grey and very lightly stippled.
Cheers
John

 

[Gellso]

A touch of blue added to the base colour is my usual path.

 

[Carlos69]

Its great to read about oil techniques ! you dont hear much on them these days ...

 

[cptan]

What color do U use for 5 0'clock shade on blonde?


CPTan

 

[Einion]

any prefered method of 5 o'clock shadow in oils

Any particular scale Norm? I would also stipple it on for larger scales but for smaller scales I think it's better to paint it on smoothly.

Either way I think it can be helpful to apply it wet-in-wet, by painting the area lightly in the basic flesh mix and then working the shadow mix into it. In addition to helping with blending this also helps overcome a common problem where the mixed colour is a lot darker on the figure than it looked on the palette!

What color do U use for 5 0'clock shade on blonde?

Some blonde men wouldn't have much in the way of visible beard shadow, but where it does show I would use something like Raw Umber (or a mix of similar colour, it's very easy to make) or a light sienna-type colour, depending on the shade of blonde.

Einion

 

[thrax]

Einion my preferred scale is 75mm and generally romans

 

[thrax]

anyone have close up pics of the techniques . wow I dont want much do I. lol

 

[blabsy]

Hi,
I use lamp black and Naples yellow mix,this is my way, I did do an sbs on the bust Lucky Jack a while ago,this method in the larger scale ie 70mm on.
But 54mm I'll use Humbrol black very very thin.
Hope this of use
Best Regards
Paul
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/lucky-jack-the-euro-demo-that-never-happend.43192/#post-442094

 

[Einion]

anyone have close up pics of the techniques . wow I dont want much do I. lol

Try it on something - best way to learn! It's not terribly difficult to get a good result with a bit of practice, it's a pretty forgiving technique using oil paint. The hardest part should be mixing the right colour, not the application

If you run into difficulty you can always use one of the great features of oils, the slow drying, to good effect - take the paint off completely and start again or just thin the coat down by dabbing with a clean brush or cotton swab.

Einion

 

[MENTAL DENTAL]

Once the flesh colour is dry I use a thin wash of poppy oil with a bit of blue-black and raw umber in it. Apply to the beard area and feather out the top edge onto the face. Dry in the oven.

David

 

[Stonewall123]

I've always had a problem with this. Some great ideas guys.
Stonewall123