Another pirate, c. 1700, 1/12th

[wotan]

Paul

Very nice start. I was just wondering what colours you use for your flesh tones? It may be the camera but the tone looks a little jaundiced to me. I thought the same about your previous pirates too. My go to recipe is yellow ochre, burnt sienna, and white with the tiniest bit of ultramarine blue added. I then use cadmium scarlet, alizarin crimson and van Dyke brown to add tiny details.

John

[Tim Marlow]

Paul

Very nice start. I was just wondering what colours you use for your flesh tones? It may be the camera but the tone looks a little jaundiced to me. I thought the same about your previous pirates too. My go to recipe is yellow ochre, burnt sienna, and white with the tiniest bit of ultramarine blue added. I then use cadmium scarlet, alizarin crimson and van Dyke brown to add tiny details.

John

I think that may just be the photograph having a colour cast John.

[PaulinKendal]

I'm using acrylic, not oils, John. I used Vallejo German camo black brown (I've not used Payne's grey, but this does something similar, I think), chocolate brown, dark flesh, pale flesh, skin wash ink.

The dark flesh is very orange, so that may be coming through in the pictures, as I routinely underexpose pictures for more saturated colour, and to keep the black background dark.

Or maybe it's a lack of lime juice .

[PaulinKendal]

I'll give him some stubble.

[PaulinKendal]

I'm happy with this level of finish. The logo on his tricorn is my company logo - a purveyor of pleasure boat trips on England's largest lake. I've ordered him a base, and I'll be getting a plate saying "Your Captain Today" - our ticket sellers might use it to frighten small children and amuse their parents. I'll put it in "Finished" once it's all done and dusted.

Oh, and he's got a pair of gold earrings - I'm not putting those on until the very end.

[PaulinKendal]

[Tim Marlow]

I'm using acrylic, not oils, John. I used Vallejo German camo black brown (I've not used Payne's grey, but this does something similar, I think), chocolate brown, dark flesh, pale flesh, skin wash ink.

The dark flesh is very orange, so that may be coming through in the pictures, as I routinely underexpose pictures for more saturated colour, and to keep the black background dark.

Or maybe it's a lack of lime juice .

Vallejo London grey is closer to Payne’s grey Paul. Payne’s is basically the colour of roofing slate……

[PaulinKendal]

I've got London grey too. I'll have to experiment.

[wotan]

Paul

Nicely finished bravo. BTW I don't just use oils and the colours I mentioned are available in acrylics, (I use Jo Sonja but W & N do the same colours). Buying artists or students acrylics from an artists shop allows you to get fairly large tubes that will last for years and work out much cheaper than the premixed Valejo or AK type little bottles. The only trick you need is to use water, flow medium and retarder to get the consistency that you need.

John

[PaulinKendal]

Thanks John.

The only trick you need is to use water, flow medium and retarder to get the consistency that you need.

That, and the ability to mix colours yourself from a much reduced palette!

[Tim Marlow]

Thanks John.

That, and the ability to mix colours yourself from a much reduced palette!

Lots of good books about for that Paul…..for example….

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Color-Mixing-Recipes-Colour-Combinations/dp/1560108738/ref=asc_df_1560108738/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310972644448&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7738563298518709116&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006578&hvtargid=pla-449083789139&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

[PaulinKendal]

Finished article here.