Gimme Some Skin!
Hi readers! We’re happy to be back with our monthly feature from the fabulous Sandy Allnock! Today she’s showing some great tips & tricks for coloring skin tones and even has a PDF for you!
Enjoy!
Hello again, coloristas! I’m so excited about today…I’ve been wanting to put together some resources for my own use for skintones, and this project was just the impetus I needed to get going!
Colors for skintones are one of the biggest questions people ask – and I have to say, practically ANY combination you come up with will look like *some*one. Now, it may not look like the someone you’re trying to color it to look like, but there are SO many varieties of color out in this beautiful rainbow world! Just google for “face photos” and you’ll see a rainbow – add “ethnic face photos” and it’ll open your mind to greenish-brown skin, purplish-brown skin, and all kinds of colors!
I have a few things to share – first a video!
I had such fun coloring the Prima doll named Betty, and she’s so cute, even without a face! These are oversized doll stamps, if you’ve never seen one in person – this card had to be taller than a usual A2 card to accommodate her, but since she’ll be delivered personally, I didn’t have to stick to an envelope size! I also used BoBunny papers, Prima flowers, of course, and a sentiment set with a great combo of words! What did you think about that cool dress? If you color all the shading first, then put the dots on with the white pen, it still looks dimensional!
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I had chosen this stamp for my skintone worksheets….I wanted something that was face-y (is that a word??) but without all the features to color “around” – I wanted to simply test out a ton of color combos without having to deal with cheeks, eyes, noses. I could have just done ovals, but the happy little head was much more fun to work with! I simply printed out a worksheet (download your own blank one HERE and stamp your own images), then as I colored, I noted swatches of color and their numbers. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve done this stuff without writing down colors, so I’ve been working on doing that more often now!
This first sheet is more useable than some on the second – the second has those crazy combinations I got while researching some of the Manga art sites! But they’re worth trying just to see what colors you never thought of to try out. To download either PDF, just click on each image.
One last thing from me – I have MORE skin on my blog today! Yep, one blog post and video just can’t contain all the goodness….some of you sent me Instagram photos to colormatch, and I’ve posted those pics plus another coloring video. So, all you #copicsistahs…click HERE to go check that out!
Thanks for reading today, and thanks to Sandy for being our guest!
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Thanks so much! I love the PDF!
Awesome! Thank you so much for this resource. The .pdf is perfect.
I love your coloring on this doll!
Wow! What a great post, Sandy! Thank you for sharing it with all of us! Your card is adorable!
Thanks so much for sharing the skin tone worksheets! Helps a great deal!
Thanks for the tips. Love the doll. I thought the dress was paper pieced. Great dot work
What a great post! I’m saving this for ideas when I’m coloring/buying copics!
Awesome PDF!! This will be helpful if i ever get more copics!!
This is so helpful! Thank you so much:)
thank you so much, i have been looking for this…
Love this post, so many amazing and wonderful ideas and tips. Thanks Sandy for sharing!!!
Wow! This is amazing! Thank you for sharing your amazing coloring and tips with us!
What a great resource to have! Thanks!!
Your card is amazing in yellow, love the colouring and paper piecing in black polka dots! Thanks for sharing the PDF, I will keep in mind before adding more copic colors for skin tones:0)
Fabulous resource! Thanks so very much! Amazing what the purple can do. And it’s super to see so many lovely skin tones.
I wish I had some colors to offer, but I always use the same colors over and over. It’s time I step out of my comfort zone and try some of your combinations. I’m really impressed on how the purple makes such a difference, and those are some of the combinations I like the best. Thank you for all of the images. The purple combinations are at the top of my list to try.
Such a great post. Thanks for sharing all the wonderful info.
Love the card.
Very interesting skin color study!
I’ve never used Copic markers but this tutorial is very helpful for those who do use the markers. Makes me want to jump in.
Thanks so much for this great post !
This will be super helpful.
Super great post, loved the video, it was so helpful! Going to check out your blog for more! Thanks for sharing!
I love coloring with my copics…its so therapeutic!!
Thank you Sandy. It’s nice to have the color numbers for all the differant looks. I don’t have that many copics but it is a great resourse to have. Thank you
I’m just learning Copic coloring…so to me this is valuable information. Thank you Sandy.
PS: I want that dress !
Love this blog! I just subscribed my email:)
I love how you use the most unlikely colours to make the highlights just pop. Thanks for sharing!
Wow! What a great idea that is a great reference sheet for skin tones. Thank you so much for sharing that with us. : )
You are the bomb!!! Thank you!
Thank you Sandy and Simon says stamp for this fabulous tutorial
Thanks so much Sandy … I always struggle to colour skin, so this will be invaluable :)
Beautiful!
Awesome resource and information, thank you Sandy! Love your coloring and your gorgeous girl.
She looks so very 3d.
Wow Sandy, thanks so much! I really struggle with skin tones, I’ve taken a couple of Copic classes and have gotten some info, but none as complete as this. This is awesome!
Amazing. I am not into Copics – but love to watch you color and see your tips. I love how you did the polka dots on the dress. Fabulous.
Thanks Sandy for this wonderful tutorial.
You make it look so
easy to use these
colors! Wonderful.
Carla from Utah
Thanks for this, i sometimes struggle with skintones. x
this is the best tutorial I’ve seen for coloring all skin types. thanks!
Adorable card…thank you for the skin tones…so very helpful and have them downloaded!! thanks!!
Thank you for making the chart. It will be very helpful!
I always love Sandy’s coloring tutorials. I use pencils, but I can still apply some of her principles.
Sandy, Thank you for the amazing skin tone worksheet!! I have fallen in love with your work and enjoy all of your posting. Thanks again for sharing your amazing talent, I’m getting out my copics once again and going to try these!
Thank you for the combinations. They are going to be so helpful.
Thanks to share
I love Sandy’s tutorials! I always learn so much following along. Thanks for the pdf.
Sandy is an amazing artist! Please have her more often!
This is fascinating! Sandy, you make me want to color. I have avoided most copic coloring so far…oh dear, more supplies! LOL
So so cute!! Thanks for all the tips.
Wow….who knew? I am not a colorist, so all this was amazing to me. Great post and it gives me a much better appreciation for all those awesome colorists out there!!
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I just commented to my friend that I wanted to improve my Copic coloring; especially of skin and hair, so thanks so much for the great video and worksheets!