COLOR THEORY - How to Paint Dark Skin Tones - Oil Painting Tutorial with Demonstration

Tutorial explaining and demonstration how to paint black skin tones. The first part explain what the difference is between various skin types regarding color and how you can adjust the hue and the chroma when mixing on your palette. The second half is the demonstration where I show the techniques at work.
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[@cosmictyger]

Light/Dark Fair/Rich I LOVE that you speak like an artist, in terms of light, hue, chroma.... and ethnicity 😇

[@crystalslayer1]

Absolutely Amazing!!!

[@shivanipatel1632]

I will say "thank you" to Everyone who upload their Art tutorials... I learnt many things through it nd now my portraits are improving...and able to get commission works... Thank you again 😊

[@catherinejoy9298]

Aaaagh, I wanted to see the finished painting and the picture reference he was working from! I found the skin colour theory very useful and will use it in my paintings.

[@jayna62001]

Hey Catherine Joy? I found the reference photo in the video It’s at 6 14 pause at that exact moment. Anyways.. pls sub to my channel

[@AlexanderJ16]

SAME CATHERINE!

[@Lilsweetings]

I’m definitely not a painter but this was so fun to watch! I picked up paint today just for something to do as a hobby, I can’t wait to practice with your help

[@cindymorgan66]

Thank you for posting exactly what I needed to see! I’ve accomplished my first oil painting, a still life (and someone has asked to buy it!). I’m slowly moving toward my goal of painting of a lovely dark skin mother with her beautiful daughter. I appreciate so much the help you’ve given me to move along this pathway!

[@danellagerish4394]

Great job! You did a wonderful job explaining everything. I sort of wish you would show your pallet as you are demonstrating.

[@jimholmes4729]

This was a huge help to me as I was exploring material for starting painting a miniature figurine today. Thank you!

[@flowerchild8586]

How do you know how to use the specific paint to create the lightness and darkness on the face. I'm struggling with that

[@JackDespero]

Fantastic video. Thank you for sharing.

[@ahyanahisrael9399]

Thank you so much for sharing. You are helping so many artist to have the courage to paint

[@junlarue1]

Thank you for a well needed and awesome video/tutorial because we all have different skin tones.

[@daphnemarais1540]

Thanks Florent! Appreciate you sharing your wonderful talent!

[@bernaberestrepoarce8817]

Felicitaciones eres genial un saludo de aca de Colombia

[@mauriousb.]

So glad I’ve come across this

[@chrisgoldswain3343]

I admit that I am not too bright! but I am struggling with the hue, value and tone issues....I need an explanation for idiots...

[@robinsandow9875]

Hue is "red versus green (and purple versus orange versus blue etc)." For clarity, let's distinguish HUE from COLOR. There are many COLORS in any given red HUE, for example in the HUE of cadmium red medium (e.g., deep brown-red versus brick-red, versus deep "hot pink" versus light pink -- all these COLORS can be in the same red HUE). You see the HUES arranged on the color wheel. Each HUE has many colors (for example, you can take a tube of ultramarine blue pigment, add various amounts of titanium white to it, and see that this particular blue HUE contains a range of light blues, a range of medium blues, a range of darker blues, etc -- many COLORS within the SAME HUE). And of course there is more than one blue HUE ("ultramarine blue" versus "cobalt blue" etc). There is more than one red HUE ("cadmium red light" versus "cadmium red medium" etc). So now let's look at the VALUE "dimension" (it's a "dimension" because it's something that can be measured). VALUE is the darkness or lightness of any COLOR, without regard to its HUE or its "chroma" (its hue saturation). For example, a pure yellow is very light. A pure purple is very dark. So they have different VALUES. (Note that they have the same "saturation" because they are both pure colors -- so although they have different VALUES, one high and the other low, they have same high "chroma;" yes keep in mind that CHROMA and VALUE are entirely different dimensions, they're independent of each other). Inside every HUE, there are different VALUES (for example, a dark brown-red COLOR has a darker value than a deep hot pink COLOR, which has a darker value than light pink COLOR). Likewise, a navy blue COLOR has a darker value than a light sky-blue COLOR. Imagine that you took a black-and-white photo of a bunch of various colors all in the same photo -- you would then clearly see their various VALUES (i.e., each color would have gray-scale "lightness or darkness" that could be clearly seen in the black-and-white photo; there is some level of gray which each color's VALUE equates to, somewhere between black and white). This finally brings us to "CHROMA" (which is the same thing as "color saturation"). Chroma is simply the amount of "pure HUE" in any COLOR. A light pink has a low chroma, i.e., a low amount of red in it. A dark grayish-pink might have the same chroma, i.e., the same small amount of red (but they would have different VALUES). A deep "hot pink" has more red in it, i.e., a higher chroma (higher color saturation). There are three measures for any COLOR: what is its HUE (what pure color can it be made from), what is it's "saturation" (CHROMA, the AMOUNT of pure hue in that particular color), and what is its VALUE (the level of darkness or lightness of that particular COLOR, without regard to its HUE or its "chroma"). Do a Google search for the Munsell color-classification system if you want to see some good diagrams of these aspects of color.

[@robinsandow9875]

At 12:07 he briefly shows a diagram of a blue HUE with various blue COLORS in that HUE. Going upwards in this diagram, these various blue COLORS have lighter VALUES. Going from left to right (away from the "gray-scale"), these blue COLORS have higher CHROMAS (more color saturation).

[@paolaperez4322]

Robin Sandow wow! Thank you for that explanation! Honestly it’s a much more digestible subject when put into writing so this really helped! Thanks!

[@staphth7359]

@@robinsandow9875 You have helped me so much Rob. Thanks alot😊

[@gloriabrothers5508]

Love the skin tones & her features. It would be great to see you continue to finish it in follow up videos.

[@NevilleKankonda4-xt8vu]

Merci beaucoup, c'est très génial

[@rockness77]

Great tutorial and beautiful painting.

[@marineauchere8632]

Très instructif, la vidéo m’a bien aidé

[@anushkanayak9424]

Awesome video. It was fun to watch realtime painting thankyou for sharing, you're really talented!! ✨😍

[@peggypuralewski8619]

Amazing! It’s like watching a magician show you step by step how he does his magic! Then at the end, you’re like “oh my gosh! How did he do that?!” 😂 I absolutely love this video!!!

[@wemimo3001]

big wow thank you for inspiring me

[@jahmasin]

VERY BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU FOR SHARING

[@afeshapeters2545]

Thank you so much for this 😳

[@TracyLEmond]

Awesome video once again Florent... maybe you can place the reference photo on the screen in a future vid? Thanks for being so generous with your knowledge! 💜 from Canada 🇨🇦

[@vic_cresss]

Would this still work with acrylic paints ?

[@claja_]

Victoria xo it’s possible, but I’d really recommend working with oil. Acrylic dries fast, the color usually changes after it’s dry, and it’s harder to blend.

[@mamtatare3009]

Could you please tell me is it necessary to apply wash on canvas as you applied yellow wash on above canvas? How to prepare wash colour? How to choose wash colour? Is it different for all the painting? Please reply me as early as possible tomorrow I have to start my painting. Thanks in advance 🙏🏻

[@NoraM710]

Thank you so much for this lesson

[@jeriahemanart8284]

Very helpful. Love this!

[@antoniao7439]

What kind of yellow would you recommend using, just yellow ochre ?

[@Mo_373]

Wow I hop and wish in the future I become as skilled as you in oil painting 😩😩🤔🎨🎨

[@Mo_373]

Error on “hope”

[@supadad-_-9086]

Mo. Yaseen You will!

[@Mo_373]

MarkedGaming thanks

[@supadad-_-9086]

Mo. Yaseen No problem! Its 8:12am here and im up trying to paint these same skin tones bow! My main problem is actually PAINTING lol I watch more painting than I actually do and the only way we will get better is consistently painting and learning.I believe you will get where you want to be where ever your skill lies just keep working till that “AHAH” moment happens!

[@Mo_373]

MarkedGaming I have only started oil painting and I’m hoping to imbed it into my art exams or course works too

[@zainkhan4649]

Thanks for the tutorial

[@PasserEminibey]

whats the thing you used at 1:16?

[@tempanon2977]

Could you do one on pale and red skin tones(Caucasian skin tones). Im black and shockingly have no knowledge on how to make the skin look peachy, red, or pale in oil colors. Great video.

[@Kyomiibrown]

THASHAI He does this at 2:30 when making his tonal ranges. As he says the colours are the same regardless, you then just alter the value.

[@ixmx_x3034]

Cette vidéo m’a vraiment aidé!

[@myriamkitio]

Please how do you prepare your canvas?

[@unknown-ho8lo]

I am not sure if you answer comments, but , which thing or medium you applied before starting this painting?

[@cityofjoy8830]

Good 👍

[@timeless76_]

Florent Farges c'est un nom Français où je me trompe?....MERCI mais c'est dommage que la vidéo ne soit pas traduite en Français sous titrée....car j'aurai aimer comprendre l'explication sur la palette des couleurs qui m'avait l'air très intéressant 😏!

[@wendellwiggins3776]

it's so hard for me to paint in sections not until I get to putting in details. I must work on the piece as a whole not in parts. I am always baffled by this technique

[@deshumartsacademy4524]

Super video sir

[@davidpacheco9300]

Wow 🤩 genius ❤️

[@familyvideosmakingmemories3590]

What do I do with the beautiful portraits I have created. They are too beautiful to be thrown out.

[@momojejejejejejej9347]

Bonjour jai une question svp répondez moi quel lien entretienne la photographie et la peintures ?

[@error-ni4pp]

Just too bad. Ils ne comprenent pas le français.😕

[@elpin787]

yaaay! i'm the 199.001st :) thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, so precious :,D

[@TK-ij2xi]

Just starting on a piece and find I'm stuck- anyone have a tip on how to paint pale skin in a dark room?? Do I add black/brown...or do I go with the "dark blue" room and add that?? I'll be experimenting tomorrow but I was researching, or, trying to....

[@mmdigart8443]

Where you take these images about colors study?

[@isaacreinhart2036]

Thanks Florent What's the software at 4:06

[@Jessica-ih3tp]

Approximately how long did this take you to complete

[@nyahbentley4236]

Very helpful 👍🏽

[@neorevolutions222]

¿El curso tiene subtitulos en español o en ingles?

[@nicolen4918]

is there a way to do it without burnt umber ?

[@mjolninja9358]

Is this oil or acrylic?

[@ohlawhale8019]

Art is life, nice job

[@erildarkbringer5374]

is this using alla prima technique?

[@alexisk5978]

Thank you

[@faridaezzat3409]

Is this method of painting called alla prima ?

[@jeffhreid]

Farida Ezzat yes. Direct, wet into wet, alla prima

[@faridaezzat3409]

@@jeffhreid Thank you :)

[@winonae.b]

Ça sent la France par ici

[@fksg1592]

WINONA B ptdrrrrr je suis cuite

[@karinafernandesa1589]

Just turn on the captions and "hello everyone my name's Flavia"

[@christinap3783]

How come you dont do underpainting?? What is your technique called???

[@reeda5390]

Christina P what do you mean? a lot of people don't do underpainting. It's just called painting lol

[@Bonita.ch1]

4:00 . Love your vid! I totally appreciate the effort. If you allow me to speak from a "begginer point of view" , i find parts of the tutorial/chat too technical and complex. We are simple in terms of trying out. May i say we prefer simple guided explanations.. Theory is fine but its way too much to take in . So if you are only try to attract more advanced artists, by all means do as you do. If you like all across the board viewers and followers. Keep it simple? For instance... "🔸️Dark skin... 🔸️You mix 5 values , 🔸️ shadow, mid, low, highlight, 🔸️ recipe of colors for each tone. 🔸️How to paint technique in simple words. " Can you pls do one vid structured this way ??? Thank you in advance! 🌺🌺

[@alicomando1195]

Can I paint on A4 Papers?

[@mjolninja9358]

Yeah as long as you apply gesso on it orr do not apply thick paint that may make the paper wet

[@ello_ello_]

what is the surface you are painting on?

[@not_obsidian]

Iwant to say he’s painting on wood but I could be wrong

[@littlepucchini]

A true artist this man is, living in a time of contemporary trash known as modern art; the thought alone is enough to make me regurgitate. Blessed you are with the divine touch, I wish you vast amounts of fortune ordained by Plutus.

[@soulfulkat]

Lmao this is modern art.....

[@Rudenbehr]

This is the type of comments plebs make LMAO

[@teagancombest6049]

Holy crap you are so annoying. I hope your glazes never dry.

[@AjayKumar-gd1ek]

Osm sir very very nice please guide me sir

[@juancamiloherreracorrales4640]

Podrias poner subtitulos en español pls

[@471-Ultra]

Please do asians

[@Rudenbehr]

Use more yellow

[@سونیاباقری]

Please include Persian subtitles. Thank you✋✋✋✋💙💙💙💙

[@narjesfadel6080]

Woooooow

[@mikecastro2894]

Oil On ?

[@jeffreycarter5257]

show the model!!!

[@mrs.medeiros7090]

Show the finished paaaaiiiintiiiiiiinggggg

[@nonniebo]

I wish you didn’t completely cover the screen when you started the hardest shades 😭

[@mouniaounia5994]

J'aurais aimer si la vidéo étai en français

[@m.reza110salimi5]

There is someone to my friendship with foreign Iran

[@cunnilingusmessiah9464]

Justin Trudeau should have watched this.

[@alkatraz706]

Hahahhaah his brown face is almost black

[@m.reza110salimi5]

کسی هست خارج کشور برا دوستی

[@Lawiah0]

*Behold the Christian Race* ... Cush (Greek: Ethiopia), means sun-burnt face Phoenicians described by the Greeks, as fair-haired, fair-skinned people Persia means Lord of the Aryans now renamed IRAN Zimbabwe once known as Rhodesia Chicongo once known as Chicago ... 12 Tribes passed through the Caucasus Mountains (i)ssac's Sons / Saxons / Anglo-Saxons / Europe / Australia / New Zealand / North America / Christian First World / "We the People" ... 38 For as in those days before the flood, *they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,* until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, *so will be the coming of the Son of Man.*

[@sabrynayoung1750]

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[@giampietropittarello6565]

troppo veloce e di difficile comprensione

[@LinDen7647]

Demonstration without tutorial? I like Yupari channel better...he shares a lot of information...

[@druwzeigrwileu4482]

This is so zoomed out it has no capabilities for teaching as a tutorial and is just you going "hey look I'm amazing" you call it a tutorial but we can't see the values you're using once you actually start to paint. Can you PLEASE mount a camera closer!?

[@moonman2051]

This is not a tutorial

[@aliceanastasia2863]

taught me so much! thank you