4. Pale Skin Tones
My two pale skin tones are rosy and cool:
To create pale skin tones I use around three pencils only to create as light a colour as possible. I recommend using a white pencil not only for the skin itself but to blend.
- Use your base colour as your mid-tone - If you use light pink, for example, begin by lightly applying this to your paper. Begin shading also using this colour but be careful not to press too hard.
- Overlap your second colour - Use your second colour, for example, lilac or salmon pink in my case, and use this to overlap your existing pink layer. No skin tone is purely one colour and this also “softens” the overall look.
- Blend with white pencil - This will remove patchiness but also go a step further and lighten the skin overall which will correct where you’ve pressed too hard.
- Press hard with white pencil - With your white pencil press hard for the highlight. This is an easy way of achieving a highlight on pale skin.