Where can I find oil paint mixing tips online?

[rblitz7]

Where can I find oil paint mixing tips online? preferably on skin tones.

[tskills53]

Try google? Your best bet is to use cheap paints in general. But using a plastic palette and palette knife, yellows, and reds are your key then a dash of blue along with white. Skin tones vary though but that's your basic white person. Use blues and greens for shadows mixed with a very small amounts of black if needed.

[rblitz7]

Thanks man! very helpful stuff, but why is a palette knife useful? Sorry im just starting to get serious with painting.

[k4pka]

Palette knife is useful for the longevity of your brushes. Mix paint with the knife, apply it with the brush.

As for tips, just mix what you think it is, compare it to what you want it to be, and make an informed decision as to what it needs more/less of. Ie, less red, more yellow, cooler, warmer etc.

[fishw]

check out the cennini forum (i think it's down today, but check back) where there are some great threads at the moment on colour mixing and skin tones

[dbclemons]

If you're learning to mix colors, cheap paints will only make it more frustrating. Get the best you can afford. Also, the public library is your friend.

For mixing on the palette I use those rubber tipped color shaper brushes. They're easier to keep clean. I like to keep my brushes as clean as possible while I'm working.

You can get very convincing skin tones with a very limited range of colors. Burnt Sienna and white can do amazing things together. Practice by just mixing and painting spheres with different combinations of colors, and study how one color looks on top of another.

[imager777]

http://www.sinopia.com/oilpaint.html

[Elwell]

Cennini is back up. Here's a useful page about complexion:http://cennini.studioproducts.com/demo/palettxt.html
And here's the main forum:http://forums.studioproducts.com/index.php
I would strongly recommend searching and lurking for a good long while before jumping in.

[ukanfoff]

my question is what oilpaint colors are used for this skin type.?

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/ukanfoff/skin.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b70/ukanfoff/skin3.jpg

[ukanfoff]

nevermind.. i just posted that up before the pallete was up.
alright imma get to paintin..

[imager777]

Holy crap!! I completely misinterpreted the question. That's probably one of the greatest replies I've ever posted on this forum.

[chaosrocks]

was my first thought too...heh..great mind read alike?
inany case onthe above photos Id start withth sienna and white mentioned above, then work in some purple in the shadows and white perhaps scumbled or glazed with a bit of blue on the highlights
chaos

[dbclemons]

For your red spectrum you can include alizarin crimson and vermillion (cool to warm) along with a cadmium. Burnt umber and yellow ochre are also useful. It's like asking for cooking recipies. You've got to just roll up your sleeves and test them out.

You may find this book from Liquitex helpful (How to Mix and Use Paint)
http://www.dickblick.com/zz702/02/