Colored Pencil Lessons & Techniques
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Step by Step - Skin Demo
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You'll
notice in this lesson that I start the portrait by first filling
in the darkest area of the portrait...her dress. Once
complete, I work on the tree trunk & limbs.
With the background basically in, I begin working on skin
tones. I start with her feet, then move up to her arms.
Next will be her hair, finishing with her face. I've got lots
of reasons for working in this order, too numerous to list
here...but one great one is that it's pretty easy to keep
the face clean during the last 10 hours or so you're working
on the face. If you START your portrait with the face,
you now have to work on keeping that clean for the next 100
or so hours you work on other elements of the portrait...and
that is not easy to do!) |
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Step One
I washed her feet with a light layer of Cream & Light Peach, then used Jasmine. I didn't cover the direct highlight area with any color. I used Peach to outline the toes, then worked up the darkest area with layers of the following in this order: Deco Pink, Yellow Ochre, Blush Pink, Rosy Beige, Blush Pink again, Mineral Orange, Burnt Ochre, Pink, Clay Rose, Light Umber, Dark Brown! 15 layers in all! |
Step Two
I next layered Deco Pink and Jasmine again over most of both feet, then layered Yellow Ochre through the middle of the fore leg. I then concentrated on the back leg, layering Peach and Rosy Peach between the toes, then used Pink Rose and Yellow Ochre again over the back foot. You can see that I go back and forth between colors...In other words, I may use Yellow Ochre 2 or 3 times as I build skin tones. |
Step Three
I first used Blush Pink and Peach between the front toes. Then I began modeling the back foot by layering Peach, Blush Pink and Mineral Orange. By modeling, I mean I increase and decrease my pressure with each color to create depth with lighter and darker values. I also layered Mineral Orange, Burnt Ochre and a little Light Umber between the back toes. |