THE PALETTE


Here's my set-up. I use a sheet of glass for my palette. If the tabletop were not gray I would have a piece of gray mat board under the glass. The colors are laid out with the warm hues on the left and the cool colors on the right. The amount of paint is about the equivalent of a wad of bubble gum except for white. You can also see in this picture a hand mirror (for double-checking how the painting looks), my plastic carrier, a container for turpentine, brushes, a palette knife, and a tube and bottle of painting medium.


Here I am loading my brush with paint from the palette.

10 Basic Flesh Tones & How To Mix Them

Light Tones

Light Golden
7 Parts white, 1 part yellow ochre, and a touch of cadmium red.

Light Flesh
7 parts white, 1 part yellow ochre, a double touch of cadmium red, and a touch of cerulean blue.

Light Pink
7 parts white, 1 part yellow ochre, ½ part cadmium red, and a touch of cerulean blue.


Mid Tones

Tawny
4 parts white, 1 part cadmium red, slightly less than 1 part yellow ochre, a touch of chromium oxide green, and a touch of cadmium orange.

Olive
4 parts white, 1 part yellow ochre, ½ part viridian, and a touch of cadmium red.

Dark Tones

Brown
3 parts burnt sienna, 2 parts white, 2 parts viridian, and slightly less than 1 part of cadmium orange.

Dark Brown
3 parts burnt sienna, 2 parts viridian, and 1 part cadmium orange.

Neutral Tones

Light A lot of white to which you add just 3 touches of yellow ochre and 1 touch of black.

Mid
7 parts white, 1 part yellow ochre, and less than 1 part of black.

Dark
4 parts white, 2 parts black, and 1 part yellow ochre.

Two examples where all these tones have been used - one where they have been applied in bold strokes and the other where thay were carefully blended.
 

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