Mixing watercolour skin tones

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So how do you give people more dimension? You mix it up. Using a mixture of colors for your skin tones, you can achieve transparent, layered combinations that

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In recent illustrator mentoring sessions diversity in children’s books has come up a lot, and as part of that discussion I’ve been talking through the ways I mix watercolours for skin tones. I thought it would be useful to share my notes here…

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