[Woodcarver] Mixing colors

[Donna Menke]

Hi Dennis,
I teach a class on color and painting for wood carvers. For flesh there is the hard way and the easy way. The difficult way uses red, yellow, and a touch of blue and then tinting with white. The easy way uses yellow ochre and burnt sienna, tinted with white.

Whatever color you use for the hair start with a darker shade, then the actual shade you want (but not in the deeper shadows), and then a tint for highlights (just on the highest points). This will give you an attractive and realistic color variation.
Remember that acrylics dry darker than when applied. 

Donna Menke
See my web site:
woodworks-by-donna




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> From: Dennis Hajek <dennyhajek at yahoo.com>

>To: "woodcarver at carverscompanion.com" <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com> 

>Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2012 7:28 AM

>Subject: [Woodcarver] Mixing colors

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>The color mixing site was good.  Does anyone have a site that suggests color mixing for such things as: flesh tones, blond hair, red hair, etc.?

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>Denny Hajek

> Marietta, Ga

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>http://www.goldenpaints.com/products/mixer/

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