Very interesting stuff. However I am lazy so I will just buy 'Burnt-Sienna'.

Mark.

Hi
This might sound obvious ......Block in basic colours around the face
eg. hair headdress uniform coat .....makes it easier to judge the look

Based on ....A picture is very often improved by its frame

Frank

Frank, I really agree with you on this. When painting a head or face separate to the body, I always keep putting them together to see the overall look, it does make a difference.

Thanks everyone for making this such a useful thread

And darken and lighten it with what?

My light switch, .. depending on my mood!

Mark.

Silly squirrel.

, If truth be told, stepping down, I use 'Burnt or Raw-Umber. (With Burnt-Sienna)

Stepping up! . Burnt sienna, with dare I say 'it' !

A conglomerate of ready to go, 'Flesh-Tones'. ....... There I said 'it', ..

'It',.. ..Burn me at the stake, ( Medium Rare), would be nice.

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Mark.

Dare I say that would make you you a burned to medium tubby nuts

Thanks for posting the info on the apps fokionas. Great a avitar have you heard the new double cd?

Thank you Samson! Hope these apps as another one called RGB palette can help in this truly confusing matter for most of us.
Of course I ve heard the New cd.......Up the Irons!
Fokion

Can't find the apps for my Samsung . Gonna have to steal my wife's I pad will be getting my own I pad soon Lol

Graham: I use the same list of oil colours that you
posted on Page one of the thread. But my list also has
Cerulean Blue. And I mix a dab of that with the other
flesh tones. Have a fine day, mate. . . . Miami Jayhawk

Beware of using the RGB model as it relates to mixing colours of light rather than pigment. Great if you're a digital artist working on a screen but it isn't much use for mixing paint.

I paint using the Monet/ van Gogh method, I just slap it on and hope for the best . Seriously though, the same colour from different manufacturers can't be relied upon to be the same colour, and colours from different manufacturers aren't necessarily intermixable. Burnt Sienna from Rowney is a warmer hue than the Winsor and Newton one and Winsor and Newton Burnt Sienna just sat on top of Rowney Vermillion Hue and refused to get involved. Bl***y annoying it was. So just be aware that oils do take a bit of getting to know.
Best wishes, Gary.

This one interesting thread