Learning how to capture such quality has never been easier. Inside you'll find guidelines for rendering accurate skin tones in a variety of media, including watercolor, oil and pastel.

You'll begin with a review of the five essential painting elements (drawing, value, color, composition and edges), then learn how light and color influence the appearance of skin tones. Artist Chris Saper provides the advice and examples that make every lesson and technique easy to understand—immediately improving the quality of your work. You'll discover how to:

• Paint the four major skin color groups (Caucasian, African American, Asian and Hispanic)
• Refine these colors into dozens of possible variations within each group
• Select your palette and mix hues for clean, beautiful colors
• Determine the color and temperature of light that falls on your subject
• Paint direct and indirect sunlight, artificial light and highlights of light
• Master the four elements that determine color in shadow
• Use photographic references when you can't paint directly from life

You'll also find seven step-by-step demonstrations and an appendix of sample color charts for each major skin type under a range of lighting variations. It's all you need to bring your portraits to life!

学习如何捕捉这样的品质从未如此简单。在书中，你会发现在各种媒介中呈现准确肤色的准则，包括水彩、油画和粉彩。

你将从回顾五个基本绘画元素（素描、价值、色彩、构图和边缘）开始，然后学习光线和色彩如何影响肤色的外观。艺术家Chris Saper提供了建议和实例，使每一课和技巧都易于理解--立即提高你的作品质量。你会发现如何。

绘制四个主要的肤色群体（白种人、非裔美国人、亚裔和西班牙裔）。

将这些颜色细化为每组中的几十种可能的变化

选择你的调色板和混合色调以获得干净、美丽的颜色

确定落在拍摄对象身上的光线的颜色和温度

绘制直接和间接的阳光、人造光和光的亮点

掌握决定阴影中颜色的四个要素

当你不能直接从生活中作画时，使用图片参考。

你还会发现七个分步骤的示范和一个附录，其中有每个主要皮肤类型在一系列照明变化下的样本颜色图表。这就是你为你的肖像画带来生命力所需要的一切!