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Color Mixing Recipes for Portraits: More than 500 Color Combinations for skin, eyes, lips & hair

by William F Powell

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Editorial Reviews

From Caucasian to Latino and East Indian hues, this convenient book features master mixes for an arry of skin colors, 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.

Customer Reviews

Reborn doll Artist, 2009-09-10
by Cloth Diaper Nursery (Flordia)

This book is great for mixing your skin tones. I use Genesis Heat Set Paint for doll reborning. These paint can cost from $10.00 to $15.00 for a 1oz jar. I only have to buy 5 basic colors to get a large range of skin tone instead of buying all 8 of there skin tones. This way I have a more signature look instead of a paint by number look.
I recommend that all Reborn Doll Artist who want a more signature look on there dolls purchase this book. Its very easy to follow not hard at all.

GREAT BOOK, 2009-08-09
by JOANNE MARTINO (ELLWOOD CITY PA)

THIS BOOK IS A GREAT HELP IN PAINTING PROTRAITS. IT HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED. I AM REALLY HAPPY I BOUGHT THIS BOOK.

Portrait painter? - than this is the book for you!, 2009-05-12
by C. S. Milne (New Zealand)

Ever had trouble with getting the right colours for that portrait? Than this is the book for you. Explains clearly the basis of each recipe, and how to alter it to provide highlights and shadows. Also contains a section on eye-colour and hair colouring.

If you paint people, buy this book!, 2008-12-12
by Jennifer B. Sykes (Los Angeles)

This book has saved me over and over. I have collected many color books for my painting. The simplicity and accuracy of this book make in "Number One" in my book! If you need help with skin tone, eye color, hair color, mixing ratios, this is the book for you.

Good guide to colour mixing, 2008-11-02
by Mr. David Williams (UK)

This is a neat little book which will help any portrait painter. I found the recipes particularly easy to follow and I think the book is good value for money. [...]