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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 356

Painting Faces: Dark Skin and Ageing

August 2009·p. 93

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The darker face retains enough mid-tone colour for eyes and lips to read clearly. Carefully placed highlights define its expression without turning the entire complexion pale. The accompanying ageing comparison uses less saturated highlights and fine expression lines. Identical heads can therefore suggest very different life histories.

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Dark FleshScorched BrownBadab BlackVomit BrownKommando KhakiScab RedRegal BlueBleached Bone

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