Article · Realistic Acrylic Portrait School
12 Steps on How to Paint Realistic Skin Tones in Your Acrylic Portrait
By Matt Philleo
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2018
Free article and printable PDF; paid 5-hour skin tones video course offered
About this lesson
Walks through an opaque acrylic portrait in twelve illustrated stages, from the sketch and feature placement to shadows, form and final highlights. Gives a base flesh mix of titanium white, burnt sienna and an orange-red, with advice on placing values so skin colors stay clean rather than muddy.
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