{"product_id":"painting-beautiful-skin-tones-with-color-light-oil-pastel-and-watercolor","title":"Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color \u0026 Light: Oil, Pastel and Watercolor","description":"You can paint realistic skin tones that glow with life!\nLearning how to capture such quality has never been easier. Inside you'll find guidelines for rendering accurate skin tones in a variety of media, including watercolor, oil and pastel.\nYou'll begin with a review of the five essential painting elements (drawing, value, color, composition and edges), then learn how light and color influence the appearance of skin tones. Artist Chris Saper provides the advice and examples that make every lesson and technique easy to understand—immediately improving the quality of your work. You'll discover how to:\nPaint the four major skin color groups (Caucasian, African American, Asian and Hispanic) Refine these colors into dozens of possible variations within each group Select your palette and mix hues for clean, beautiful colors Determine the color and temperature of light that falls on your subject Paint direct and indirect sunlight, artificial light and highlights of light Master the four elements that determine color in shadow Use photographic references when you can't paint directly from life\n\nYou'll also find seven step-by-step demonstrations and an appendix of sample color charts for each major skin type under a range of lighting variations. It's all you need to bring your portraits to life!\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1581801637\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1581801637.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Saper, Chris\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41632795754554,"sku":"DBV.1581801637.G","price":8.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1581801637-0.jpg?v=1788581240","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/painting-beautiful-skin-tones-with-color-light-oil-pastel-and-watercolor","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}