Skin tone recipe

J000seph

Detail Decepticon!
I came across a video of Steve Driscoll doing a painting of Frank Sinatra where he gives his recipe for the color he used for that particular portrait.

Thought this info may interest some.

I have his skin tone set by Wicked, but this one looked like a better starting point for certain projects.

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200 ochre
50 bright red
5 smoke
6 moss green
17 white
 
I enrolled in Dru Blair's color portrait workshop in July. I'm looking forward to learning more about color theory when I'm there.
 
Steves method and Dru's are very different. Steve is more like Marissa, as in an under painting then transparants layed on top.

White+burnt sienna/ umber gets you in the ballpark, red violet and sepia tune it in
 
Steves method and Dru's are very different. Steve is more like Marissa, as in an under painting then transparants layed on top.

White+burnt sienna/ umber gets you in the ballpark, red violet and sepia tune it in

I found the quantities of each color interesting. I have struggled with overshooting my target colors. Even using a toothpick to add colors in my paint cup was too much of that certain color at times. This helped me put into perspective how little it takes to change a color.
 
I got that same news letter and I just wish I had the time to take off and go take his class this year but so far it has been hectic as all hell .
 
I got that same news letter and I just wish I had the time to take off and go take his class this year but so far it has been hectic as all hell .
Color is very foreign to me. The extent of my art career has been mainly doodles with a #2 pencil. I have a basic understanding of how a color wheel works, but clueless as to what portions to use. Dru's last newsletter was vague on this & im sure taking his class will help me a lot.
 
Well we have seen just how much it has helped Musicmacd. Mt problem is being red/green color blind so matching is a real pain.
Dang I bet. I guess I don't have any excuses... Musicmacd definitely has some artistic talent. I'm not sure how much I have, but I'm willing to try.
 
I have a book with 1500 recipes for all different colors with both oils and acrylic but most of the time I can judge pretty close
In the video on Frank Sinatra, Steve used what looked like paint color sample cards he had made, with recipes for achieving each tone. That must be a time saver for tricky colors.
 
In the video on Frank Sinatra, Steve used what looked like paint color sample cards he had made, with recipes for achieving each tone. That must be a time saver for tricky colors.
Time saver for sure and you can change a color with ano there drop of this or that
 
I'll pm you the info on the book Jackie mines out in the garage :D:thumbsup::thumbsup:,and I'm not a :poo: head,I'm a butt head;)
 
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