How to Mix SKIN TONES with Oil Paint: ONE Tube Color + B&W

I teach this palette for the first painting pass in my Portrait classes, and I also have a tutorial for my patrons on Patreon.

From the Studio of Anna Wakitsch

[siriglisson]

Thank you for showing the range that can be attained in a reduced palette. I understand more about chroma, temperature and hue when I’m not bombarded with a lot of colours.

[arcadias_angels]

I've never painted skin before and this genuinely really helps to break it down. All the colors, shades, and hues are really confusing and overwhelming, but breaking it down like this in a fairly simple way is so unbelievably helpful. Now i feel like I can actually do this, its inspired confidence in my ability ❤️.

[thelastmedici]

This is the best tutorial that I had ever seen about skin tones and portrait painting. It is the most beautiful easy and quick way to do it. Thank you for showing this.🤗. I will download your guide

[karenegardiner]

Thank you for this 🙏🏼 For a beginner in painting, you have no idea how much this helps. I will definitely be putting this into practice.

[alelas]

Anna. Thank you very much. I already got the pdf file and watched your latest video. I have also ordered the burnt sienna (winsor and newton). I will certainly give it a try. I have a very good command of drawing and monochromatic paintings. After so much practice, I don´t think I have noticeable problems with values (though there is always room for improvement, of course), but I reckon I am petrified in fear when it comes to color. Your way of painting has inspired me to give it a try. THANKS again!!

[allenroberttucker]

This is really great. Please make more of these long form videos as they are really helpful.

[jmorra]

Such great advice! Love the simplicity and clarity of thought. Will definitely try this one out!

[TLavonLawrence]

Really fired up after watching this - it is ON! Woooo hoooo!

[coopart]

I have always been a fly by the seat of my pants painter. But I love the control you have with this palette. I’m going to give it a go on my upcoming portraits projects

[UnbridledWhimsy]

Thank you so much for this video! It’s exactly what I need! I’ve been trying to darken my medium skin tone that I mixed with blue or black and it just kept coming out gray. I downloaded your guide and I can’t wait to try it out!

[mttgrl]

I just found this video and I have to tell you this is the easiest and quick way to do it. Best tutorial, so helpful 🙂

[philiptownsend]

That looks like a super simple and economical system you've shown us. It will help a lot.
My wife has tasked me with making as exact a 36"x24" copy as I can of Gustav Klimmt's Woman in Gold with her wedding day portrait as the reference photo.
She is constructively honestly critical of everything I do and such a big task is intimidating me. You have greatly helped me I'm sure, so thank you.
I am planning to do the portrait within the painting first by underpainting in shades of grey with acrylic ink, then transparent oils over, using transparency medium.
The rest of the painting will be done directly in oils but first the symbolist squiggles etc that are in relief will be done with thick white acrylic applied with a syringe and thick hypodermic needle used for refilling printer ink cartridges.
Klimmt used a lot of gold leaf, I have gold metallic oil paint.
Your portrait colour system fills the final unknown in my plans.
We even have the blank canvas in it's beautiful frame hanging on the wall!

[jonquinn]

fantastic recipe for skin tone. Thank you.

[miric]

Excellent! Any suggestions for keeping the pigments over a long haul. Do you tube up certain hues? What steps do you take to not having to mix from scratch every time you want to paint? Do you put a master chart under glass? Mixing on top of glass? Do you put plastic wrap over your chart to prevent drying? Do you add a retarder medium to slow down the drying time? Your formal for achieving the tones, the ratios, is unique, and extremely helpful. Just found you about a week ago. Signed on your wait list……….d’yak-o-you!😉

[amandapeete]

Thank you for sharing this. I've downloaded your guide. What a wonderful resource!! Would love to see you mix up the full expanded pallet.

[campfirecult]

Well done. Thank you for your video. 🔥

[cryptcke]

you are seriously great. this is what i needed

[foxerrr]

Gamblin Ivory black is a blueish black, while Windsor and Newton Ivory Black is more brown.

[victoriah]

So nice to have another Munsell sister in the world!

[jean-paulvaneck]

This worked perfectly for me, it resulted in natural looking skin tones! I ended up with a lot of grey tones though, which i did not use at the end (but maybe i can use that for a second portrait). Why do you prefer this way of mixing (with a seperate gray scale) over mixing in black with the TRO + white scale? Would that be more difficult /more prone to trial and error?