Introduction to Painting Miniatures
Face and Skin 3
A course by Angel Giraldez , Painter
About the video: Face and Skin 3
Overview
“Remember that as you apply the layers of light, reduce the area to be illuminated. Again, when I'm done applying the highlights to the skin of the body, I'll move on to the tones and shadows.”
In this video lesson Angel Giraldez addresses the topic: Face and Skin 3, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Painting Miniatures. Learn painting, volumetric, and color techniques to bring small-scale figures to life by hand.
Partial transcription of the video
“Face and Skin I'll keep highlighting using the light sand color. I put it on the palette and mix it with the previous mixture. I take a bit of that and apply the highlight. The strokes are shorter. I continue with the third highlight. Remember that as you highlight, reduce the highlighted area. Notice that I am only highlighting the upper area, leaving the highlights applied in the previous step uncovered. I'll see you when I'm done. I've finished the third highlight and will apply tones and shading. For that I'll take the colors gory red and chocolate brown again. To apply these tones and ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Painting Miniatures
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Decorative Painting, Fine Arts, Sculpture

Angel Giraldez
A course by Angel Giraldez
Ángel Giraldez started painting more than 20 years ago, and became a professional painter not long after. Over the years, he has colored models of heroes, villains, monsters, machines, and an infinite number of other characters for display. He has collaborated on hundreds of campaigns to boost the visibility of his products, as well as participated in innovation projects, creating new materials and tools alongside some of the most renowned companies.
Throughout his career, he has also had the opportunity to publish his own books on the subject and work with big industry names including Games Workshop, Privateer Press, CMON Limited, and Mantic Games. His YouTube channel has been listed as the number one Spanish-speaking channel, and recognized internationally in the top ten for miniature painting.
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