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Watch Chapter 3: Green Foundation

Watch Chapter 3: Green Foundation

Up Next in The Glowing Portrait: Creating Realistic Skin Tones with Pastel Pencils

  • Chapter 4: Layering Skin Tones

    Cuong begins to layer additional colors over the green underpainting, as the face magically begins to come to life.

  • Chapter 5: Finishing the Painting

    Cuong applies finishing touches to the background and the model's clothing while continuing to refine the colors and values in the face.

  • Extra: Preservation

    Learn how Cuong uses fixatif to preserve his delicate pastel artworks, and why proper matting and display is so important.