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FREE ONE-PAGE CHEAT SHEET
REALISTIC SKIN TONES FROM JUST SEVEN PIGMENTS.
There's no such thing as skin color - there's a skin tone, and it can be mixed the way the old masters mixed it. Get the exact recipes I teach in my studio, distilled onto one page you can print and take straight to the easel.
WHAT'S ON THE SHEET
✓Four core mixes: base layer, lit mid-tones, shadow, and the green that makes flesh look alive
✓The full seven-pigment palette, plus two optional extras
✓The trick for mixing a cleaner black than you can buy
✓One page. Print it, pin it by the easel.
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A LOOK INSIDE THE SHEET
FOUR MIXES THAT BUILD A FACE
01
BASE LAYER
The foundation under everything. The very first layer of skin.
02
SKIN ORANGE
Warm mid-tones in the lit areas of the face.
03
DARK SHADOW
The deepest shadow zones, kept on the cooler side of the warms.
04
ARMY GREEN
The green that lives in all skin and makes flesh look alive.
THE FULL KIT
SEVEN PIGMENTS. EVERY MIX IN THE METHOD.
Lead White, Yellow Ochre, Vermilion Red, Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Blue and Ivory Black - the extended classical palette, with Indian Red and Burnt Sienna as optional extras.
Everything on the sheet is mixed from these.
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