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In response to
"I learned more photography from painters than i did from photographers...at least in portraiture, really the average studio photog used the worst..."
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zeitgeist
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I have been studying portrait painting for 2 years and a bit, and DAMN there is a lot to learn.
Posted by
loosi at home (aka loosilu2)
Oct 13 '13, 20:19
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the masters figured out ALL of this shit. you have no idea. I have learned the gradation of the reds on the cheek, the nose, and the eye socket. The shadow under the nose. the hot red reflection under the chin. The color of the whites of the eyes (spoiler: it is never, EVER white).
I am STILL struggling to paint skin tones. we paint skin in thin layers of pure color. NO earth tones or browns of any kind. For caucasians, it's a pink base with green or blue on top. for Africans, it's an orange base with green or purple shadows, with a cool pink or blue highlight "floated" on top. in the middle, it's a free for all. My own skin tone is a vivid blue-pink with yellow-green on top.
and that's just the colors. there is an encyclopediea of wisdom regarding composition, lighting, background, brushwork. I wish I could do this full time.
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