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In recent illustrator mentoring sessions diversity in children’s books has come up a lot, and as part of that discussion I’ve been talking through the ways I mix watercolours for skin tones. I thought it would be useful to share my notes here…

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So how do you give people more dimension? You mix it up. Using a mixture of colors for your skin tones, you can achieve transparent, layered combinations that

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I have news for you… People's skin is never just one color. Unfortunately, you can’t just mix one generic skin color and paint the whole of someone's face, and there isn’t just one magic color which suits all situations. The tone of someone’s flesh varies enormously, and depicting this realistically in watercolor needs a basic

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