Color Mixing Recipes for Portraitsâ features master mixes for an array of skin colors in oil, acrylic, and watercolor--plus recipes for hair, eye, and lip colors. The concealed wire-o bound book also includes a plastic color-mixing grid for measuring out paints, as well as a handy conversion chart for finding acrylic equivalents of oil paints and vice versa. With recipes for more than 500 color combinations, this comprehensive guideâ is your ultimate source for painting realistic skin, mouths, ears, noses, eyes, and hair. n n This convenient guide details three simple steps to mix virtually any skin tone Match a palette of skin tones from this book to your portrait subject.Create the Master Skin Tone Recipe for this palette using the Color Mixing Grid to measure each paint color.Follow the recipes to create all the skin tones youll need to complete your portrait--from light values to shadows.Also featured: Color theoryTinting, toning, and shadingGraying skin tones naturallyIdentifying facial planesMouth, nose, and ear color tonesEye and hair color tonesWatercolor skin tone recipesWith recipes for more than 500 color combinations, Color Mixing Recipes for Portraitsâ is your ultimate source for painting realistic skin, mouths, ears, noses, eyes, and hair. n