HOW TO DRAW SKIN COLORS
Lesson 3
One does not need many colors to make a satisfying portrait when using a colored background. The pastels at the right of the two pictures show which colors were used. Select the flesh tones from your pastels. Conte crayons often come in flesh tones and are very similar to hard pastels.
A medium-dark paper is chosen as a background for the dark skin of the man. The face is not completely filled in but the paper shows in some areas. The entire portrait uses only neutral colors.
Try New Techniques Draw a portrait of a person using color paper and pastels. Work from a photograph that shows the form of the face. Look for both highlights and shaded areas. Apply fixative (hairspray) to the finished work. Light paper is chosen as a background for the light skin of the girl. The blue colors seen in shaded areas of the skin reflect the colors around the face. These colors are not found within the skin itself. These shaded areas tie in with the blue shirt and give unity to the portrait.
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