Color-Mixing for Portraits | Acrylic & Oil Painting Lesson

@ShaeferArt -- I don't know if it helps you for me to comment almost 5 years after you posted this, but this video has HELPED ME MORE THAN ANY OTHER video I've seen on how to mix skin-tone colors. It just "clicked" with me. So, THANK YOU!!

I usually don't comment in videos but I'm in love with these videos of color mixing ! That is so helpful thank you!

I have to paint a portrait and I was having a hard time with the skin tones. Sometimes I don't know how to mix colours in the palette. The colours I often make always turn into dirty browns. Thank you for this awesome tutorial!

the secret to flesh is knowing how to grey down the saturation of the hues. a lot of blue in the face is just greyed down hue of flesh tone. you can mix any color when asking: 1 is the hue right? 2 is the value right? 3 is the temperature right? 4 is the saturation right? does it need to be greyed down or mixed with its complimentary color to dull its saturation?

thank you for sharing. ... I been having a hard time with skin tones ...This was a great help

Best lesson ever!!! For the first time well explained and indeed, it looks simple... up to practice!

It was 5 years ago since it was uploaded here in youtube but it really helps beginner to mix some skin tone especially me! I was looking a bunch of videos here but I didn't get it at all. This one explains every detail, every thing you need to know about switching light to dark and muted the dark in to a lighter than dark. If you made a mistake like putting or mixing too much color, he explained and give you an easy yet mind blowing (I guess😂) tip, idea about it. Thank you for this!!

I have a BFA from Art Center and that was a great refresher for me. I've gotten back into scale model building and more recently repainting 1/6 scale figure heads and found myself "chasing" colors. This was an excellent reminder of going back to basics.

I know this video is years old but I just wanted to take the time to thank you for making this video. I am a new artist and I am working on my very first portrait piece of my uncle who was recently murdered, and I had no idea where to start with doing skin tones.Most of my canvases have been colorful landscape pieces so this was new for me but so far it’s coming along beautifully thanks to you teaching me how to make so much colors to get the perfect shades. I appreciate this video so much ♥️ I know my uncle would be proud

Im just wondering how artists can paint a whole painting with that little paint. I use cups to mix my different shades, but it looks way more convenient to use this method, Im just afraid of having to remix all my tones and never be able to match them exactly.

Exactly something I was hoping to study - the palette and mixing for a portrait !!!!! Let me refrase, you are amazing, Brandon!!!

I have been looking for a good video on skin tone color mixing. This is simply awesome.

Thank you!   You have simplified what has confused me for years!

OUTSTANDING VIDEO! I now use your system of skin-toning mixture for all flesh toning portraits. Absolutely the best Skin-toning video on this app/website. Thanks, again.

This was most helpful and your suggestion of doing a study without really trying to get the details of the face but just the skin colors I will try. Thanks for your time.

thank you so much!!! I just wish I watched this video before I bought all these other colors... I came to watch your tutorials because I didn't know how to mix all those colors and I came to find out all I needed were the primary colors!! I thought buying individual colors would be easier but it looks like the primary colors are even easier! I'm going to stick to those colors until I can get the hang of them! thanks so much!!!! please continue to do more portraits!! I liked your self portrait and I would like to see more!:)

its so funny... I spent years and years chasing down every color I could find, all to just end up in a place where I settled on using the same palette you're using here. for me, can get to most hues, but more importantly, a more unified palette. Didn't pick up anything new in this video, but sure a glad you put it out there for artists searching for their palette. and I am going to use this to teach my adult son painting, which is difficult from 1599 miles away, so videos like this help immensely. thanks, and nice job.

This is exactly what I was looking for. I was looking for a video so a friend of mine with darker skin tones could maybe custom paint some cosmetic items for herself. Thank you

Wasn’t expecting the Charles C Curran piece in your intro. Super cool to see one of his works included!

This just make me happy b/c the way i mix my colors its the same as you did even comparing the tones with my own skin, but the diffrence i don't use that umber brown i just mix blue and red with some of yellow ochre instead , thanks