The Atelier Tier, Color Mixing
Added 2022-01-01 14:59:03 +0000 UTCThis is a lesson that will prepare you for your (flesh) color sphere painting project. Super important stuff- Color mixing is a whole different ball game (yes, that is a sphere pun).
Full disclosure, these colors are mixed for a caucasian skin type- the same system can be adapted to all skin tones that I have encountered. Time permitting one day I would like to produce a video that explores this topic further.
By the way: Vimeo, my video hosting platform, has lately had some issues displaying videos across various devices (particularly ipads). If there is some trouble seeing thew video let me know in the comments and I will do what I can to fix it. Otherwise a laptop/desktop is the optimal device to view this on.
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Sharon Barley
2025-08-18 19:32:06 +0000 UTCIt's a phenomenon that is observable in various skin complexions and lighting situations. When I was a student, I was very preoccupied with it which in my experience at that time led me to have relatively muddy colours in my transitions. This is due to the fact that I was working and rework my transitions which caused me to mix together both cool and warm temperatures resulting in the grey mud that I mentioned in the last sentence. By no means should this be prohibitive, but it is something to be wary of when attempting to render this particular phenomenon.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2025-04-16 12:26:25 +0000 UTCHi Stephen, thanks for the lesson. This might be a naive question that may eventually answer itself, but I was wondering what the reasoning behind dropping to a cooler, lower chroma halftone color-value immediately before transitioning into the relatively warmer, higher-chroma darks is, as opposed to maintaining the general pattern of increasing chroma & warmth into the darks like it seems you did here. I see the former decision used in many figure paintings and portraits—both old and contemporary—and personally find that it creates a more interesting form transition. Does this difference merely arise in observation via differing skin complexions or lighting conditions or is it an intentional design choice by artists used to emphasize form, etc.? Please let me know if I’m not being clear enough or need to provide a specific example.
Bobby Vionis
2025-04-16 01:37:27 +0000 UTC
