Watercolor Techniques to Paint Skin Tones

Hello and welcome to Watercolor Techniques for Painting Skin Tones!

We're passionate about color and have developed a unique approach to painting realistic and beautiful skin tones, maximizing your watercolor palette. Now, we're excited to share this knowledge with you.

This comprehensive class dives into essential watercolor skills, including:

• Underpainting: Learn the foundational techniques for creating depth and dimension in your skin tone paintings.
• Color Mixing: Master the art of mixing colors to achieve a wide range of realistic skin tones.
• Color Zones of the Face: Understand the subtle color variations across the face for more accurate and lifelike results.

While these techniques can be applied to any skin painting, this class specifically focuses on applying these skills to portraiture.

Painting faces can seem daunting, so we've included three different exercises to suit all skill levels and time commitments. Choose the activities that best fit your needs and practice at your own pace.

To help you succeed, we've also provided a wealth of printables and resources to support your practice.

We had a wonderful time creating this class and hope you enjoy the journey of mastering watercolor skin tones as much as we did! Let's begin painting!

"This is such a thorough and well-instructed class! I am taking different classes to improve my watercolor painting and I am really grateful for the time and thought put into this course with the amazing worksheet references. Thank you so much!" - Rodela K.