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Karin Wells · 11-13-2001, 07:26 PM

I only use cad orange in the deepest shadows. For the halftone....where the plane turns away from the light, I use cool paint (almost blue).

It is the overlaping of warm and cool paint from the highlights down into the deepest shadows that allows one to get those soft skin tones.

The following URL has a section that explains this in (I hope) more understandable detail.

http://kcwells.com/technical2.htm

11-13-2001, 07:26 PM	#8
Karin Wells FT Pro, Mem SOG,'08 Cert Excellence PSA, '02 Schroeder Portrait Award Copley Soc, '99 1st Place PSA, '98 Sp Recognition Washington Soc Portrait Artists, '97 1st Prize ASOPA, '97 Best Prtfolio ASOPA Joined: Jun 2001 Location: Peterborough, NH Posts: 1,114	Skin tones I only use cad orange in the deepest shadows. For the halftone....where the plane turns away from the light, I use cool paint (almost blue). It is the overlaping of warm and cool paint from the highlights down into the deepest shadows that allows one to get those soft skin tones. The following URL has a section that explains this in (I hope) more understandable detail. http://kcwells.com/technical2.htm __________________ Karin Wells www.KarinWells.com www.KarinWells.BlogSpot.com Last edited by Karin Wells; 11-13-2001 at 07:32 PM.