/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2517749
In white skin, there are always 4 tones that you will likely find: pink, yellow, green and blue. And when I say those colors, I'm not even saying it in its purest form (unmixed), or saturated to the point of being easily recognizable. They are mostly always there to a degree and you have to search for them, and you have to recognize how saturated or closer to gray those hues are and you need to know how to mix them in a clean way so the skin doesn't look muddy (subject I talked about earlier in the post). That's basically it, and the only way to achieve that is training your eye, training it to see the colors underneath the obvious and get its values right. To have a good eye is the most important thing, both to understand the color you are seeing and to recognize the difference between what is there and what you are putting in the canvas. Is it missing more yellow? Is it missing more pink? There is no shortcut.
That's what gives dimension to skin tones: variety. As to shadows areas, I particurlarly believe the painting happens in the lighted areas, so I like to make them look flat, not really monochromatic though. I vary the color of the shadow/cast shadow depending on the area of the face/body. I just started painting something, and I'm a messy bastard - I know, but those are 3 very lazily pre mixed pink/orange/blue that I picked for the start. I will mix them between each other mostly trying to keep it coherent and clean, but not always either. I hope I helped you. Also, keep in mind that colors are usually less saturated and neutral than you would think, if you are going torwards a natural look.