Learn To Paint Skin Tones By Doing This

[@caleyhall]

As a professional artist doing really well in the industry I just want to say that the techniques of mixing colours here in this video are absolutely first class, most videos on KZbin by self claimed experts usually have misleading tips but this one was true to the art and factual and I didn’t spot a single mistake. Great video and good guy, I’ll recommend this clip to my future students.

[@tumblingrosesstudio]

You're a brilliant teacher. Thank you for this! And for the lesson on the Zorn palette, it's the only use I've seen that's attractive to the eye. So much to learn!!!

[@paintcoach]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lindajones8101]

I have already copied down your four paints for the Zorn palette. I have done a lot of portraits which are referred to as my griefart because they are long gone and recently gone family members whom I loved. A teacher I had at the time I suggested a lizard Crimson with yellow ogre for face but I will be pleased to try out your Academy I’m red. I’m not really a realistic painter but I do think that traditional rules and training the eye to see shapes and colours is important.

[@chrisgriffith1573]

I sometimes print two references, using a special B&W photo adjusted in photoshop as a guide to the values, so I won't have to guess about the undertones I need to build before getting into stronger colors. Nice tutorial!

[@claygreen4723]

Hey Coach- how about doing a video about the way light affects a painting. The way to set up a still life vs how to paint it. What does the time of day have to do with light and how it changes colors and values. Since becoming a patreon I've really started to see what light does to things and think it would be a good subject to study.

[@RatusMax]

I think he touched on the subject before. (VIDEO= PAINT TALK: My Best Tips on Setting Up a Space to Oil Paint) Can you elaborate more on what you want to see? He might make a new video about it with the added input.

[@claygreen4723]

@@RatusMax I was thinking of the way the light can create a mood in a still life. You see a lot of them that are pretty dark, like in a shadow box, and I was wondering how you light your canvas without killing the effect. And for a landscape there's a lot Coach could talk about like morning vs evening light and how it changes the colors. I've been watching how a water tower near my house can change colors according to the time of day and the sky/clouds/sunlight that hit it. Thought it would make a good video.

[@sonalisarkar7329]

Thank you Chris for this video. It is very important and useful. Thank You for simplify the skin tone facts. This video is as helpful as the previous video. You solved the biggest problem of landscape and portrait through these two videos. Thanks a lot.

[@paintcoach]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@אנהכהנא-פ1ז]

Hi Chris I learned a lot from you, thank you. I have a request for a video topic. It will help to make a video about backgrounds. How to choose a color, how to keep it interesting and not flat and maybe about the brushstrokes that go in to it. Thank you, and I'm sorry if my English isn't perfect, I'm not a native speaker

[@giantradroach]

I agree with this! I'd love to learn more about doing backgrounds

[@ruhroah5044]

The color and plastic on book was a revelation. thanks!

[@ArtbyJasonABell]

“ …the act of physically mixing those colors in front of you on your palette “ #FACTS 💯

[@1995ssc]

The red film idea! Brilliant! Way faster than the BW phone filter I've been using.

[@heidil7092]

I frequently use the Zorn palette and find it useful especially in portraits. Also a good teaching exercise is to use the black, yellow ochre and white to do a limited palette landscape (paint Hopper’s “Ryder’s House”).

[@clarasaghafi6370]

Amazingly useful tips. You are a great Master, and I cannot absorb it fast enough. I will always watch and revisit to learn from your multiple generous lessons. important. Thanks a lot!

[@sp9138]

Great video also color temperature works well I am partially color blind value and color temperature helps me a lot

[@beccagee5905]

I like the tip about using the red film to check values.

[@ukaszbiskupski3594]

Great video that sells The Zorn palette very well :P

[@naimafineart]

The best advice I ever heard about portraits. Thanks so much

[@giantradroach]

The black/blue advice is really good. I've always noticed how the Mars black I have is really cool toned and never thought to use it to make a green. Thanks for the great tips!

[@M00nSlippers]

This exercise looks really helpful and interesting to learn how to mix colors for skin, I'm going to try it digitally!

[@p.k.carlson6646]

Thanks Chris!

[@natanaelgarcia8839]

Great video and explanations! Thank you! I would like to see you do a painting on a wood panel 😄

[@bomt6259]

love ya paint coach!! ty all ya videos

[@paintcoach]

You are so welcome!

[@ChrisPBacon1434]

Damn man, you make it look so easy! Thank you for the advice! I'm currently using oil pastels, but im sure this applies to them too. I have been struggling with figuring out what colors to use in my shading, and whether I should just use a darker skin tone or if it needs to be darker with a warm or cool tone, etc. If you have any advice for me, anything will be much appreciated.

[@ConkerKing]

Oh wow, i love that red film trick !! 👍

[@reaverkai]

the blue ish tones under the eyes is indeed the veins, the skin there is so thin it's translucent

[@quelizabeth2]

Thank you Chris

[@barnbre2]

Very helpful. Thank you!

[@zoraidaherrnandez-id7tg]

😁👋thank you so much for this tutorial, very helpful , thank u 🙏 for your time 👏👏👏bravo 👍👍👍👍

[@sylwiamachalica26]

Great lesson, Zorn palette is a great learning and teaching tool

[@lantanalanta1709]

So clear tutorial, thank you!

[@snakemont]

Thank you so much!

[@hippopotamusbosch]

1:38 Spoiler Alert, women also have facial hair.

[@gusfring6887]

lol no they dont

[@deyaa2856]

Make a video on how light Affects color to paint from imagination

[@RatusMax]

I am going to tell you this right now. The best concept artists still use references. If not that they constantly work on painting from life/references to get the intuitive feel of the lighting, structure, feel, etc. They block in the overall composition, form and/or perspective of the of the painting. Then use physical/3D graphics references, previous knowledge of how they painted light striking an object from life, and picture references. No veteran artists paints purely from imagination. It's a trap new artists fall into that hold them back from creating great works.

[@rondolavino7778]

Yeah James Gurney is a good example of those artists

[@msrmaganti]

Start to end an oil portrait demo please 🙏

[@msrmaganti]

Thank you 😊

[@antiquitesiletaitunboismeu9284]

Hi Chris. I,m from Quebec, Canada. Im learning painting with you by watching your video on KZbin. Because of you, Im getting better each day. Can't I show you my first portrait?

[@PabloReports]

Thanks Coach!

[@robertisava3576]

Hi, thanks for sharing your knowledge and artistry. I went to download the free master class on skin color mixing. Unfortunately, when asked for my email address it says an email will be sent. Sadly, I tried twice and never got the email with link. I am learning how to do portraits and I enjoy the way you explain, hands on. Thanks for sharing knowledge to all of us.

[@greggoreo6738]

P.s. Lincoln wrote a letter about His physiology. he mentioned how the color of his eyes is the color of GREY. Just saying. Best regards. Gregg Oreo Long Beach CA Etats Unis

[@percy.4d]

I've gotten quite good at seeing, mixing (and picking--the right) color... except for skin tones, those colors are kicking my backside. the very slight gradations etc.

[@neu-ter]

thank you

[@anonymousanonymous5327]

Great video so the colour becomes a translation of the value, much on the same way morse code is a translation of the alphabet,

[@Anna-ky7ix]

I really love your tutorials! However I’m really struggling lesson painter because I use natural earth pigments so I don’t have the colors that you have and it’s a lot more work to mix colors to get anything even similar so my pallets are just huge because again using the natural earth pigments so. Wondering if you have any tips/tricks for people like myself who use natural earth pigments? I won’t use anything else because I’m concerned about toxic things. So I’m strictly working with walnut oil and natural earth pigments. I could make tempera paints of course and watercolor etc. but I prefer oil.

[@ireneeugene-517]

Love the Nicholas Cage painting

[@claires9100]

Finally completed! Love it!

[@ishanibhatt8486]

Can I use acrylic paint instead of oil while following your portrait tutorial?

[@captainsaveaho6248]

nice painting dude

[@maria-giulianalatini1724]

When you paint a living famous actor are they commissions and if not do you send them a photograph asking them if they're interested in acquiring your portrait of them?

[@gmm6106]

Awesome ! Thanks

[@susumilque3197]

Hi! May I know, what’s the transparent sheet was that?

[@wanderlustaesthete4117]

Do you paint poc? Would like to see darker tones

[@paintcoach]

I paint everyone. The process is always the same. Isolate the color and match it.

[@RatusMax]

TL; DR Look at Paint Coaches (Chris') Morgan Freeman painting. (VIDEO NAME: 10 Great TIPS for Portrait Painting that Work). I just watched it man that video is on point should have more views lol. Trust what he says. The process is the same. Except instead of leaning towards the lighter levels (orange, yellow, white), you'll be sitting near the darker levels.(black, orange, yellow). To me this question is usually asked by those who don't have a full grasp of mixing colors and some other things. At 6:44, he already has the basic colors for the dark skin tones. All you have to do is add a little of, or a combination of orange, yellow and white, to lighten it up a bit. To paint the desaturated areas you will probably take the brown and add a some white with little bit of orange and/or yellow to it until it becomes the color you want. If you go too far, you can add in the orange, black or yellow to bring it back. To brighten the dark brown and keep it saturated you'll probably use the orange and/or yellow with a little white. I recommend you just take some time and mix paint. Don't think about portraits, just find a painting or picture and sit there mixing trying to color match. When you become good at color mixing, these questions of painting different people will be thrown out the window. It's best to isolate your problems and deal with them one by one before putting them back together. If you know you are great at mixing paint, then you can move on to the other problem. I should tell you that you may also have a preconceived notion (the brain does it for everyone to simplify the world around it) of what the color should be and not what is actually there. Look at Paint Coaches (Chris') Morgan Freeman painting. (VIDEO NAME: 10 Great TIPS for Portrait Painting that Work) It took a while to wrap my head around the fact that the side of his face was purely a light cool grey. My brain kept saying "brown skin...brown skin..." So I painted it brown and it looked flat and fake. I had to unlearn what my brain was telling me and really REALLY look at what was TRULY there, that my painting skills jumped. I never once think about painting people, things, etc. I think about alien objects and light interacting with them. I am simply painting shapes with colors. Then at a later stage in the painting, my brain starts to recognize the person, thing, etc. That's when I know I can start placing in details I am familiar with. That was my way to remove my brain from giving me simplified information that sabotaged my paintings. Your solution may be different for you.

[@chukukaogude5894]

3:27 He offers the skin tone painting lesson for free! The link is in the description!

[@hermanuspotgieter5117]

You are very good

[@dorkanderson4963]

A YT painter that actually knows how to paint instead of copying photos using the camera obscura trick.

[@paintcoach]

😂

[@_marshy1899]

would this style be considered impressionism?

[@artijangid7443]

Wich colour plz name

[@JiveDadson]

Black is not blue. Black and yellow is not green. It's a dark yellow called olive.

[@CT2507]

1:18 "The nose and the cheeks and the area right above the eyebrows tend to be a little more red. Because the blood vessels are a little closer to the skin." Not correct sir. The blood vessels are close to the skin in our entire facial skin. The redness in that area comes from inflammation in the sinus cavity, due to alcohol, air pollution, rosacea, allergies and so on. My doctor calls it the "butterfly effect" cause the redness that comes with allergies tend to take the shape of a butterfly.

[@greggoreo6738]

Thanks for inspiring me. FROM one pro to another PRO! I HIGHLY Praise You. You just said the word "ADMIRE ". YEH, I'll offer admiration to You aa well. Steel sharpens steel. Thanks, again. You're "*@$#&+!!!" Good! Respectfully submitted for your consideration Gregg Oreo Long Beach CA Etats Unis

[@zhanna2566]

Hi! I like yur videos very much! so, can you please show me how to get women`s eyes more attractive and more expressive, Thank you !

[@rdendelacruz4332]

Interesting!

[@tranvanhung2546]

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[@stormcorrosion176]

No