How to Mix Skin Color [Watercolor Anime Tutorial]

This is a tutorial to walk you through how I mix beautiful flesh tones for anime girls with watercolor in details, my painting process in a layer system and how these colors are used.
Anime girl usually have light and peachy skin with a translucent and delicate look. You can mix this color easily with basic colors you have in your palette! Also I'll share with you my favorite watercolor paint brand and name to make the mixing even easier! It's a simple concept, but do require a lot of practice. If you are a beginner to watercolor anime painting, please experiment with the colors you have and paint a lot of faces (or bodies), you'll be a master of skin tone in no time :)
00:26 How to mix base skin tone for anime character in watercolor
02:54 My favorite colors for painting skin tone for anime characters
04:56 How to mix darker skin tone for anime characters
05:39 Demo - a simple example of painting the first layer of skin for an anime character
07:04 How to mix shadow tone for anime characters
09:27 Demo - a simple example of painting the shadow layer of skin for an anime character
10:05 What color to use for blush color for anime characters
10:46 Demo - a simple example of painting blush on a anime character
11:07 Full reference color chart and color names used this video including the finished example of anime face
Materials:
Paper: Fabriano Cold Press, 140lb/300gsm
Paint:
- Daniel Smith tube watercolor
- Holbein Half Pan
Brushe:
- Da Vinci V35, size 6
Misc:
- Masking tape
- Flat ceramic dinner plate
- Cardboard
- 0.3mm mechanical pencil
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[@CLEAN_CARD]

Thanks my anime skin looks like the character has a skin disease 💀

[@shikishiro]

relatable af💀

[@Sxkura10102]

real💀💀

[@Memoryless_]

Fr... 💀

[@kevinpasson9859]

Thank you so much for showing the skin collors for the water color paintings that helps alote 😀✌

[@ShuziArt]

My pleasure! glad you find it helpful 😊

[@queenramen5764]

Your art works are min blowing !!! Especially the NAMI one she looks so majestic and the colors are so extremely well aligned and the gloss at the end is just the chef kiss touch !!i learnt a lot from this tutorial thank you !

[@ShuziArt]

Thank you very much! I'm glad to hear the tutorials are helpful :)

[@Ei-vl9td]

Beautiful as always

[@farzad7680]

Thank you fhe the high quality content i was searching for these kind of videos for a really long time

[@ShuziArt]

thank you, I'm glad that you find it helpful! more to come :)

[@adryannapaz3690]

OMG MILIM! I LOVE HER NEVER THOUGHT ID SEE HER ON ANY WATERFOLOR ART!! 💖

[@ShuziArt]

🙌

[@anonymously6866]

Woah! This was simple, easy and yet it still comes out beautiful! Thank you!

[@ShuziArt]

You’re welcome! I'm glad it's helpful! 😊

[@neilvalantra9991]

I first pic singed my eyes

[@ShuziArt]

I didn't have enough time to go in depth of how to mix shadow color, so I recently made another video just for this topic. Check it out here :)
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[@Julljack1TheCat6890]

Wow thanks you so much i love your painting 🎨😊❤❤

[@lukesmith2099]

Amazing tutorial I loved thanks

[@ShuziArt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@shizzuA]

Thank you 💘💘💘 you helped me a lot!

[@ShuziArt]

Awesome! My pleasure! 💘 💘 💘

[@TravisArk]

thanks! much appreciated tut

[@ShuziArt]

You're very welcome! Glad it helped!

[@keithmailhotte8449]

The biggest art collaboration brought me here,glad it did

[@ShuziArt]

I’m glad you’re here! 😊

[@sanissa3029]

I like your tutorial, it's very easy to understand

[@ShuziArt]

Thank you! I’m glad you find it helpful!🥰

[@Sleepy_kuma98]

Thank you so much I would struggle to find the skin color by just dibbling and dabbling resulting in an off color and I would mess up my painting especially if it was one I was liking you’re a lifesaver!

[@ShuziArt]

You’re welcome! Im glad it helped 🙌

[@farahintan6014]

Thanks senpai nice to watch this

[@ShuziArt]

You’re very welcome!

[@serenaoxx111]

THANK YOU

[@tkdshine]

Thank you!! This was highly helpful and informative!❤

[@ShuziArt]

You're welcome! I'm glad it was helpful!! 🥰

[@tkdshine]

@ShuziArt absolutely! I have a picture of Startled! Komi for today's world watercolor month prompt, and her skin came out so lovely! 😍 Truly, thank you. 😊

[@ShuziArt]

@@tkdshine you're very welcome, and I'm glad to hear that it worked. And Komi is so perfect for Startled! 😊✌

[@shikishiro]

thanks a lot!🙌🏻🙌🏻 this rlly helps

[@ShuziArt]

I'm so glad!

[@shikishiro]

and you're so kind to reply to all of your comments too👐🏻 may your channel get 1m subs in this year

[@yashashree-mn5sp]

😍😍Thanks sis this knowledge is good start up ..❤❤❤

[@ShuziArt]

My pleasure. glad it helps :D

[@san-sh8us]

I recently discovered your channel
Thankyou this is very helpfull😊❤
Please do a tutorial on hair

[@ShuziArt]

I'm glad you find it helpful! I love painting hair, so I'll definitely make a dedicated tutorial in the near future! :)

[@san-sh8us]

@@ShuziArt thanks ^^

[@abyss9131]

❤

[@bijanpaul4887]

Thanks didi😊😊

[@BEGGO_S]

Had fun mixing the colors and figuring out new things, thanks!

[@ShuziArt]

Great to hear! you're very welcome 😃

[@anthonyrosa5299]

How do you get a soft look on the skin when applying blush?

[@ShuziArt]

After I put on the colour, I immediately rinse the brush and get rid of excess water, or use a separate clean damp brush, to go over the edges of the area I just painted. This way it will soften the edges to get the soft look. Hope it helps.

[@EdFlaco_]

Do you apply the color then soften it with a clean brush?

[@ShuziArt]

Yes I do. I soften the edges as needed.

[@gull9029]

what do u draw

[@CielAmanogawaCh]

Can you please make a tutorial about how choose and make shadows color for base colors? It will be helpful!

[@ShuziArt]

I will try!

[@deboray.r.pangaribuan4937]

how did u like blending the colour taht pop, do u brush itu with a dry brush?

[@ShuziArt]

Not sure if I fully understand your context, but here are two things you can try 1) adjust the water amount on your brush. It sounds like you might want to use less water if you find your colour is not intense enough. But you also don't want it to be too dry so the paint is not movable. 2) always pay attention to how much water is on your brush, too much water -> dilute the paint and create watermark , too little water -> paint dry too quickly and you get hard edge and dry brush marks. Give it lots of tries and practice and you'll find the sweet spot!

[@_shonen_tanjiro100k]

Which type of GSM

[@ShuziArt]

300GSM

[@ngshirley2216]

🤭🤭🤭🤭wo~

[@ookami_coy]

Can i be this good in just 2 days of learning?

[@ShuziArt]

That’s ambitious! But I’ll make more tutorials to help you 👍😊

[@ookami_coy]

​@@ShuziArt pls i need help every color i tried to blend so i can create skin color does not work sometimes the color is too dark or too light (more Dominant in yellow or red sometimes it just turn into orange)

[@ShuziArt]

When you're getting orange you're on the right track. The skin tone is basically a very light orange. The reason it's too dark could be that the orange is too intense. You can try to do it in 2 steps, first mix an orange, then gradually add water to lighten it up to the right tone. Give it a try and let me know if it works! :)