Скачать или смотреть Mastering Dark Skin Tones in Oil | Simple & Effective Color Mixing Guide

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to mix rich, realistic dark skin tones in oil paint — using a simple yet powerful limited palette of just five essential colors:
Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Transparent Red Oxide, Alizarin Crimson, and Ultramarine Blue.

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced portrait artist, this method offers flexibility and harmony without the need for a huge collection of tubes.

We’ll walk through the full value range, starting with:

A deep, neutral base made from Transparent Red Oxide + Ultramarine Blue for hair and the darkest shadows
Building shadows with added Titanium White
Mixing warm, realistic midtone skin values
Creating smooth transitions into lighter areas
Adding a natural rosy tint using Alizarin Crimson for lips and cheeks
And finishing with warm, glowing highlights using Yellow Ochre
By adjusting the ratio of each color, you can easily shift your skin tones cooler or warmer, lighter or deeper — all from the same five pigments.

This process is part of a series on skin tone mixing — and in the next video, we’ll explore how to mix fair skin tones using the same palette.

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Let’s mix with intention — and bring every portrait to life.

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