If youve ever madeacrylic paintingsyou know that paint mixing is an important skill to learn.
In this post youll learn the 4 basic colour you gotta make any skin tone.
This activity makes an excellent learning activity to do with kids to teach them the basics of colour mixing.
Head on over to83 painting ideas for kids, if youre looking for more kid friendly painting ideas.
Youll then use what youve learned and make a hands/heart painting ( tracing your own hands right on canvas!
), in the step by step tutorial below.
Lets start by going over the basics on how to make skin color paint in acrylics!
How To Make Skin Color Paint
Making skin tones is quite basic when it comes to painting.
All skin colors are made out of 4 basic colors:red,blue,yellow, andwhite.
The only difference between different skin tones is the ratios of each color.
This will be your base for every skin tone you want to create.
Note: If your color ends up more greenish than brown, add in more red into your mix.
Some blues can be very overpowering and need a bit of red to counteract it.
That way you might match it against you hand/arms to gauge the tone with every new mix we made.
To darken the color add tiny amounts of red/blue to the mix and experiment.
To lighten the color add tiny amounts of white/yellow to the mix.
How to make this painting with your own hands!
To make the hand shapes, simply trace your own hands- its fun to do!
(See below for the full tutorial).
Did you make this project?
