Ernest
A Fixture
Ok, now for the flesh tones I want to give him a red or pink look, typical of the northern men, for that I used a base mix of: beige red + a bit of cad. umber red (about 20%). For lights the base color + basic skintone, second lights with beige red + basic skintone and final lights only with basic skintone, the idea for lights is to give him a kinda palid look but with pinks mid tones.
For this face I started with shadows with the base color + cadmium maroon then some beige red + cadmium maroon and final shadows with cad. umber red + cadmium maroon. The mid tones was made with magenta and violet red (small amount)
I started with shadows because for me is more practical, then I can see easy all the facial details, it is like drawing, when we draw we start with the outlines to have a good reference for to draw the rest.
When the shadows are done I start with the blending process with mid tones, it is very important the use of water and let it dry for each layer. I do the same with lights, I first paint a bit rough the lights and after that the blending process, that's the important function of the acrylics, to blend with low opacity layers. Another great help is to use small amounts of mid tones like old rose, magenta, or violet red (in this case) to blend the "cut" between the lights and shadows.
For the hair and mustache I used a base mix of orange brown + english uniform and a bit black, some mid tones with cadmium maroon and lights with english uniform and sunny skintone, the shadows with washes of black and orange brown.
I used the same mix for the 5 o clock shadow but in small quantity of paint and sometimes mixing with the skin base color.
For this face I started with shadows with the base color + cadmium maroon then some beige red + cadmium maroon and final shadows with cad. umber red + cadmium maroon. The mid tones was made with magenta and violet red (small amount)
I started with shadows because for me is more practical, then I can see easy all the facial details, it is like drawing, when we draw we start with the outlines to have a good reference for to draw the rest.
When the shadows are done I start with the blending process with mid tones, it is very important the use of water and let it dry for each layer. I do the same with lights, I first paint a bit rough the lights and after that the blending process, that's the important function of the acrylics, to blend with low opacity layers. Another great help is to use small amounts of mid tones like old rose, magenta, or violet red (in this case) to blend the "cut" between the lights and shadows.
For the hair and mustache I used a base mix of orange brown + english uniform and a bit black, some mid tones with cadmium maroon and lights with english uniform and sunny skintone, the shadows with washes of black and orange brown.
I used the same mix for the 5 o clock shadow but in small quantity of paint and sometimes mixing with the skin base color.
