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A Touch of Color

And always corrections. Here I layed down a layer of transparent flesh, then buffed. next I had two reds, one was winsor and the other a rosey hue to match her skin tone. i put these in the forehead, around the eyes and nose, on the cheeks and lips and some in the neck. I also mixed my neutral dark with flesh and a little of the red to darken the skin where her hair shades it. I changed the line of her jaw to take it up a little higher and i refined the eyes with this darkened flesh color. Next, using a soft sable brush I gently applied a whisper of white, (titanium, flake and naples yellow) to the areas where the flesh needed brightened and I was sure to delicately carry this bright over the entire surface of skin. I have seen studies that say white should not go into shadows but in this process, if you do not gently touch all skin, it will appear unfinished, as though the artist missed that spot. It should not look painted white but only a thin film as a thin layer of skin on the surface. For the flesh area, always buff, then allow to dry.

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