how do i paint skin using oil paint? my subject has a pale white skin tone?

Answer 1

What I use for skin tones is cadium red light (very small quantity, white a lot of it, yellow ochre a little of it. Burn amber for shade also blues and greens for shading.
I adjust my tones more white for whiter person , more umber for darker person and so on.
Watch out any cadium color is a strong color with a lot of pigment so use it cerefully.
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good luck

Answer 2

first make an underpainting using neutral tones as far from hues as u can , chromatic grays ....the once that's done do thin layers of browns if u want it lighter you add more white to it , the grays will show thru the layers and will look like cool shadows such as the five o clock shadow and the ones in our eyes, build up dimensions imagine as if it were a real face , darker where skin sinks in and lighter in the boney parts such as cheeckbones you can use some cadmiun yellows and even the ochres avpid black , n reds they're way too strong and stay neutral for as long as u can once u've reached almost the end of the painting you add stronger colors like higlights and draker shadows. good luck

Answer 3

Spend a lot of time blending and simply use light paint.

Answer 4

I can't add any more than has been suggested by the two above me. Both are excellent answers.

Answer 5

i would yous black to stand out more