Pegaso Footballer bust

[Paul Kernan]

Just started the Pegaso footballer-not the real game but the US version Grad gift for my son, painted in OSU Buckeye colours.

I'm looking for some advice/opinion on the following

Has anyone any thoughts on painting the inside of a mouth? I've started with a base of Alizarin Crimson and Winsor Violet. Shaded with the base plus a little Burnt Umber and then deep shaded with Winsor Violet and Burnt Umber. Highlighted with Titanium White.

I painted the teeth with the deep shade and then picked them out with Titanium and blended. When dry, I plan to give the teeth a slight yellow wash and then again highlight the teeth with Titanium White.

The player is African American and so I plan to represent the skin tone as a warm dark brown/black. From past forum discussions I have a few mixes for this but I was wondering what a good undercoat would be (tan, mustard)?

Thanks
Paul

 

[Einion]

Has anyone any thoughts on painting the inside of a mouth?

The roof of the mouth I think should just be black (or a red/crimson so dark you can't really tell). I think that leaves just the front of the tongue and the lower gums on this bust. The colours for these aren't too dissimilar to normal lip colours, just a bit lighter and a touch duller usually.

I painted the teeth with the deep shade and then picked them out with Titanium and blended. When dry, I plan to give the teeth a slight yellow wash and then again highlight the teeth with Titanium White.

I often do teeth in something like this way. I used to use Raw Sienna for the wash/glaze when I had it available which seemed to be just about the perfect colour as long as I didn't put too much on. These days I would tend to add a little grey to it beforehand to dull it down a smidge.

The player is African American and so I plan to represent the skin tone as a warm dark brown/black. From past forum discussions I have a few mixes for this but I was wondering what a good undercoat would be (tan, mustard)?

What'll work best I think depends on how dark you want to do the final skintone. At one extreme I think Burnt Umber would work as the starting point, for a much lighter skin you could start exactly as you would for a caucasian and it'll turn out fine.

One thing to bear in mind is that human skin is basically all orange or scarlet in hue, no matter how light or dark, so if you're doing a lighter skintone be careful not to go too yellow.

Einion

 

[Paul Kernan]

Einion;
Much appreciated
Cheers

 

[Einion]

Welcome Paul, shame you didn't get any other responses

Einion

 

[geralds]

Don't forget the Buckeye Leaves on the helmet. GO BUCKS!!!!