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Watch as Illustrator and Fine Artist, Howard Lyon discusses how to paint convincing skin tones from a variety of ethnicities. The video begins with a 1 hour lecture, where Howard breaks down Old Master’s techniques for painting flesh in easy to understand terms. Howard then shows you how to implement those same techniques in your own work in a 2 hour painting demo.
He discusses color mixing, color relativity, and how to paint believable skin tones even in unusual lighting conditions. This video is a comprehensive overview of painting realistic flesh tones for artists of all mediums, both traditional and digital.
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Thank you so much for this! What a great video! My inner preschooler still boggles at the fact that you can, in fact, make blue by mixing black, white, and orange! 😀
Glad that you found it useful! Thanks for giving it a watch and for commenting. Dan has put together some really great videos with demos done by other MC artists, but also leaders in the industry. Definitely work checking out in the MC store or Patreon. Thanks again, Melissa!
– Howard
This was wonderful. Who is Howard talking to throughout the demo? They have a great dynamic.
Sarah – Thanks for giving it watch! I was talking to Dan Dos Santos throughout the video. He asks excellent questions, doesn’t he? Helps me pull my thoughts together. 🙂
Thanks again,
Howard
I really wish I got to watch this in its entirety! I came back at 10:30 p.m. to finish up watching but it had already been taken down :'( Some of us have day jobs, you know.
Jen, Sorry to hear you didn’t get to finish it, but the stream was actually supposed to end the day before. We let it run for nearly an extra 24 hours.
If you didn’t hear about it the day it was announced, might I suggest signing up for our email updates?
Or, if you like what you saw, you could always purchase the video in our shop.
Argh!!! This happened the one day I happened to not check!!! ???