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Painting Beautiful Skin Tones Author: Chris Saper

ISBN: 9781581801637 Format: Hardcover Number Of Pages: 127 Published: 15 September 2001 Country of Publication: US Dimensions (cm): 28.6 x 22.9 x 1.9 Description: You can paint realistic skin tones that glow with life!

Learning how to capture such quality has never been easier. Inside you'll find guidelines for rendering accurate skin tones in a variety of media, including watercolour, oil and pastel.

You'll begin with a review of the five essential painting elements (drawing, value, colour, composition and edges), then learn how light and colour influence the appearance of skin tones. Artist Chris Saper provides the advice and examples that make every lesson and technique easy to understand immediately improving the quality of your work. You'll discover how to: Paint the four major skin colour groups (Caucasian, African American, Asian and Hispanic) Refine these colours into dozens of possible variations within each group Select your palette and mix hues for clean, beautiful colours Determine the colour and temperature of light that falls on your subject Paint direct and indirect sunlight, artificial light and highlights of light Master the four elements that determin...

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