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Skin Tone Tutorials: How To Paint African Skin Part One
March 20, 2015 by elromanozo
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I watched this one with great interest. Many painters make black skin look too orange, so your use of blue in the shading looks like an excellent idea. I’m not one hundred percent sold on the base colour, it looks a little pale to me, but I’m sure it will make more sense later when you come to add highlights. Btw, while we’re on the topic of not mincing words, don’t be hesitant about saying ‘black’. Black is the correct term (at least in the UK and the USA). ‘Coloured’ on the other hand, is considered quite offensive by some… Read more »
Thank you ! I agree… People paint it like wood, usually, which is a terrible mistake :we want it to look alive, not like a piece of furniture…
Ooh – it appears my wish (in the comments of the last video) is your command … either that or pure coincidence!
It’s not a coincidence… And yet it is. The desire to have more black miniatures on our tables was strong (it’s not a very varied sight… white boys painting white people, really) and this is one of the reasons for this tutorial. Asians are better represented, in a way, thanks to Infinity and the latest bunch of asian-themed games; so black skintones, whether african or indian in origin, are the least painted. I simply couldn’t avoid african/black skintones (nor did I wish to), as they’re present on all continents in one culture or another, and are in dire need of… Read more »
a nice start and a brilliantly detailed model to paint on I think.
Very interesting so far. Like @erastus, I was a bit sceptical about the pale base colour, but it’s already looking much deeper and more realistic (and black/African!). I suppose the other thing worth pointing out is that there is a huge variety of ‘black’ skin. To generalise, you can find very, very dark skin in Central and West Africa, much lighter and redder skin in southern and eastern Africa, lighter and ‘tan’ colour in eastern and northern Africa, etc. I have quite a few African miniatures, and have spent some time in Sub-Saharan Africa, so this tutorial is particularly interesting!
Indeed ! I’ll be doing a different black skintone in another tutorial, as well as mediterranean/middle eastern skintone… Such variety !
Oh great! This is an excellent series!
Thanks ! And I’m not done yet. I’ll film even more next time I’m doing a batch of tutorials !
Another great one. Thanks Romain. I look forward to the whole series. It will be nice to see your versions of all the skin tones. My attempts through the years have admittedly been rather cartoony. And I tried the stockings your way. Much better than what I had, still not great, need more practice.
Where is part two?