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Some Sample Mixes
Hi Joan -
Cool and warm are relative terms in a painting. You can have a cool or warm red, same for blue.
Personally, I like using non cad's for skin tones, but then I use whatever I feel I need for the shadows. Probably the best thing is to get books on the subject like Chris Sapers book on skin tones - she has some good mixes to use (although not cad-free, of course)- I also like "How to Paint Living Portraits" by Roberta Clark. Here are a few mixes for flesh tones and shadows she suggests as a starting point:
white, raw sienna, light red, cobalt blue - good all-around
white, ras sienna, Venetian red, cobalt blue - basic, a bit softer
white, yellow ochre, burnt sienna ultramarine blue - for medium - med. dark complexions
white, Naples yellow, light red, viridian luminous - good for children
There's others for darker complexions, but this will give you a start.
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