As always, I've started with the eyes, blocking them in so that I can work around them.
I'm using my basic colour palette for portraiture - Cadmium Red and Cadmium Lemon for a lovely deep orange with a dot of Pthalo Green (you can substitute this with Viridian). The green greys off the bright orange so that when you add white, you should get a lovely flesh tone. I am making my highlights quite orange in this portrait, but you can adjust these colours to suit the flesh tone you are after. I also add Permanent Rose to my basic mix to some of the pinker areas of the face - nose, cheeks and lips. For shadows, I like to use Ultramarine Blue to the basic mix.
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