/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3268633
You're only using shades of brown on the skin, and no cool or warm colors. Skin reflects a ton of color, and reacts differently to different kinds of light. This is "symbol" painting, you're painting what you think is there, not what really is there - cool colors in the shadows, like blues, greens, purples, and violets, and warm colors like yellow, orange and red in the highlighted/lit areas. Different areas of the face will have different colors, too - blues in the eye sockets, reds and pinks around the nose and mouth. I can tell by your attempts you don't understand this, and it's the step you need to learn, to render skin accurately.
Attached is a good example of the kinds of colors found in skin.
Color temperature is one of the building blocks you use to create the illusion of depth, and volume. Later on, you can push this illusion further by adjusting hues to push the volume more, along with lighting.

>>2961474
Too beige. There are other colors in skin, blues, greens, purples. More red and pink in areas with more blood flow, like the mouth and nose. cooler colors are for the jaw line and forehead and chin.

See example. (Not mine)