Quick Tip 461 - Skin Tone Shadows

Artist/art teacher Dianne Mize examines the possibilities of creating Skin Tone Shadows.
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[@SpectrumOfChange]

You explain color control in a way I've never encountered before. Not just getting to a color, but how to control the entire hue, tone, value, and saturation with precision and predictability. Simply fantastic. Thank you.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@jcarolblair5614]

Dianne, thank you for this tutorial! I am working on a portrait and wondered if you mix all your light and shadow skin tones ahead of painting or as you are working. How do you lay them down and blend them? Any good tutorial that addresses that application? 🙏🏼🎨🖌️

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Cesar Santos is a master portrait painter. Check out his channel at www.youtube.com/@santocesart

[@marylinden2287]

This was excellent. Thank you for reminding me to mix colors at the same value.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are so welcome! Enjoy!

[@malgozata1875]

I really appreciate your color wheel tips. They are very helpful to my art journey. Thank you so very much.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

my pleasure

[@Bibi_to_4]

This information is just so incredibly helpful 🤯. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@Sur5r]

Thank you for this quick tip. It does help me out because I am learning how to paint human faces. I can do animal faces easily, so it's time to challenge myself!! Been painting since I was 10. I'm 63 now, have a nice collection - but nothing with human likenesses.. been a procrastinator - it's been time to do it .. this gives me motivation and inspiration! Thanks Diane 💖💖💖

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Glad it was helpful! have fun with it.

[@SpectrumOfChange]

Way to take on the challenge!!

[@Marysart]

Thanks for the laughs at the end as well as the tip! 😄. Very recognizable for those of us who live or have lived with cats😉

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Our pleasure!

[@evealton2712]

That answered so much. Thank you Dianne.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are so welcome!

[@karri4135]

Thank you Dianne for bringing clarity to painting, as usual. I found your channel about 8 years ago (can’t believe it’s been that long!) and can’t thank you enough for sharing of your expertise. That’s a multitude of valuable information bites!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are so welcome, Karri. Wow, you discovered us right in the beginning our KZbin adventure.

[@claraedouwesdekker6389]

As always, you are just marvelous! In all these years, I have never not been inspired and informed. Thank you for your generosity, sharing your incredible talents with us. 🌷🙏🏻🇿🇦

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Wow, thank you!

[@ijlalolguner9444]

Great show thankyou ❤

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@maladjustedmalcontent1532]

Very helpful. Thank you!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

So glad!

[@proctormacbelle4904]

really cool! thanks a lot!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Glad you like it!

[@joyjohnson1707]

This is a very useful method to determine and mix colors for skin tones. Thank you so much

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure 😊

[@christinedytrych833]

Great job.!! It is so true, YOU don't know, what you don't know! Thank you, I know now.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You are welcome! Have fun with it.

[@mairicaughey8128]

Excellent tuition

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks.

[@jaimehernandelgadoquintero4539]

Gracias

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@henriquejanuario881]

Another great class as always! Thanks a lot! Where can I get this color wheel?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

It is free as a pdf at diannemize.com/product/intensity-wheel-used-in-finding-the-right-color-workshop/

[@debbiecoulson4637]

Great video, I realized my colour wheel is not as accurate as yours and will download and take it for print. Skin is challenging and takes time, I want to improve the process 😂

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Skin tones can be easy when you learn to see by hue rather than tube color.

[@user-cj5sy7vm6x]

❤

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks.

[@hippopotamusbosch]

I’d love to see this process but with coloring a portrait with a glaze over grisaille technique.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Check out Cesar Santos' channel at www.youtube.com/@santocesart

[@user-zv4ic2mu1q]

Thank you for sharing/teaching this information. How is it that we can get this color wheel? Thank you!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

A pdf of the color wheel is free at diannemize.com/product/intensity-wheel-used-in-finding-the-right-color-workshop/

[@zeynozeyno7632]

❤❤🙏💐

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks.

[@alfalasi_art]

Dear Dianne, do you use the same colors in all your artwork, or do you make a choice based on the idea or artwork and why? looking for wards for the answer 😊.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I have a selected palette of colors from which I work, but for individual paintings, my color selections depend upon what I'm observing in my subject and how I want to interpret it.

[@gillbaker1310]

As always, so helpful Dianne. I have an unrelated question! People talk about "squinting" when we're painting to get rid of the details (? And some of the computers?) to see if you're on the right track. I don't know how people do it, it gives me a headache (!) Do you have any suggestions for other options other than squinting...? Stepping back helps but it's not quite the same. ❤ thanks again...!

[@gillbaker1310]

I mean colours!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Apparently you are using too much energy. All we have to do is to gently drop our eyelids towards closed, to the degree that images become blurry. This reduces the sharp edges of images so that we can see the light and shadow patterns more easily.

[@TravelinArtBook]

Nice instructions. Basically, all skin tones of all races are desaturated and these tones can fall on the light, medium or dark side. Also, the skin tones can be affected by lighting causing shadows and values to change in about the same ranges.?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Value ranges, yes. Hues might vary.

[@slllamm]

Thank you so much for all your explanations. But with soft pastel it's not so easy to mix complementary colors on the surface, it tends to be moody ...!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You can do it! Identify your pastels according to each stick's hue, value and intensity. Then mix them by matching the values. The larger sets include the neutral colors, by the way.

[@slllamm]

👍👍👍👍@@IntheStudioArtInstruction

[@Engelhafen]

What about the artist to say that shadow should always be warmer and more saturated

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

They need to look again. The temperature of a shadow depends upon the temperature of the light and colors of reflected light. AND it is light that enables us to see saturation. Observation is always better than making rules.

[@dorryrice6797]

I wish I could buy your colour wheel tools rather than print them.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You can get a free pdf at of the wheel at diannemize.com/product/intensity-wheel-used-in-finding-the-right-color-workshop/