Wings5797
A Fixture
Hi Billy,
I am pleased that you are going to try this small pallet of colours. I use more sienna, burnt sienna and burnt umber than you can shake a brush to. I think just because you can move the flesh tones quite easily with these brown boys.
On this figure I used W&N Prussian Blue, Cadmium Red Dark, Cadmium Yellow Light, Titanium White and Lamp Black.
With this pallet I use most of the colours for almost all of the colours to a greater or lesser degree.
Flesh is for me is a basis of orange (red and yellow mixes with white to simulate the flesh you are looking for ).
To highlight add more white and yellow mix, to add shadow mix up your brown mainly red and black. This will gie you your Burnt umber tones (you can achieve this with red and blue but you must be careful when using this for flesh an the blue can give you a green tinge with the orange).
To get the shades of sienna add yellow to your mix.
You can find all of these colours on a decent colour wheel and add and subtract to suit your figure
There is a very good wheel on this site. You will need to copy and paste it as it is on a loop......
http://www.interiorholic.com/decorating/decorating-101-color-wheel-value-and-balance/
I have never tried the Holbein range so I will be interested to know how you get on with them Mate.
All the very best,
Keith
I am pleased that you are going to try this small pallet of colours. I use more sienna, burnt sienna and burnt umber than you can shake a brush to. I think just because you can move the flesh tones quite easily with these brown boys.
On this figure I used W&N Prussian Blue, Cadmium Red Dark, Cadmium Yellow Light, Titanium White and Lamp Black.
With this pallet I use most of the colours for almost all of the colours to a greater or lesser degree.
Flesh is for me is a basis of orange (red and yellow mixes with white to simulate the flesh you are looking for ).
To highlight add more white and yellow mix, to add shadow mix up your brown mainly red and black. This will gie you your Burnt umber tones (you can achieve this with red and blue but you must be careful when using this for flesh an the blue can give you a green tinge with the orange).
To get the shades of sienna add yellow to your mix.
You can find all of these colours on a decent colour wheel and add and subtract to suit your figure
There is a very good wheel on this site. You will need to copy and paste it as it is on a loop......
http://www.interiorholic.com/decorating/decorating-101-color-wheel-value-and-balance/
I have never tried the Holbein range so I will be interested to know how you get on with them Mate.
All the very best,
Keith
