Top Online Resources For Mixing and Painting Skin/Flesh Tones

One of the most difficult and challenging aspects of figure and portrait painting is learning how to mix realistic and believable flesh tones.  There really is no set formula to recording flesh tones.  The color you use to paint flesh really depends on the rest of the colors in your painting.  Its the relationship of colors in your painting that is most important.  That being said however, it is always helpful to have a starting point or to see how other artists record human skin on canvas. The following post contains resources to help you. I have done my best to include information on a variety of mediums including oil painting, acrylic painting, watercolor and pastels.

Please Be aware: Some of the following videos and articles may contain tasteful nudity.

Website Articles/Demonstrations

Forum discussion on painting shadows

How to Mix Flesh Tones with Acrylic Paint

Painting Skin Tones – One Layer at a Time

Portrait Painting and How to Paint Skin Tones

Setting a Palette with the Portrait Colors

Painting Skin Tones

Painting Skin Tones In Oils

Mixing Skin Tones

Creating Flesh Tones for Oil Painting

Painting Flesh

Painting The Luminous Skin

Creating Realistic Flesh Tones In Your Oil Painting

Eye and Flesh tone Painting Guide

Ethnic Skintones

Skin Tone Pallet: (caucasian) – Mixing Your pallet for your figure painting or portrait

Videos

How to mix flesh tones: Painting-Course.Com

Oil Painting Techniques : How to Mix Oil Paint Colors

Watercolor Painting : How to Paint Skin Colors

Watercolor Painting: Skin Tone

Painting Skin Tones in Watercolor- Fairy Art Painting Demonstration Tutorial

Painting out a Few Skin Tones with DANIEL SMITH Quinacridone Watercolors

Mixing Skin Tones with DANIEL SMITH Quinacridone Watercolors

How to mix skin tones with paints

How to Mix Skin Tones

Brown Skin Tone Demo

Portrait Painting Techniques with PanPastel

How To Draw – Creating Flesh Tones in Pastels

Painting Skin Tones

Sharon Sprung: Understanding Value in Skin Tones

Skin Tones part 1.

Skin Tones part 2.

Demi Lovato Painting + Skin Tone Tutorial

Oil Painting: Skin Tone