{"id":3344,"date":"2009-02-04T17:08:48","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T00:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/?p=3344"},"modified":"2009-02-04T17:08:48","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T00:08:48","slug":"get-a-good-flesh-tone-color-with-paint-pens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/get-a-good-flesh-tone-color-with-paint-pens\/","title":{"rendered":"Get a Good Flesh Tone Color with Paint Pens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3325\" title=\"sets\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/sets.jpg\" alt=\"sets\" width=\"250\" height=\"89\" \/>When your painting includes\u00a0people, you want to get a good flesh tone color on the skin, which is not easy to do with bright colored paint pens.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had a lot of people write, asking if I was going to get\u00a0 Tan Poscas\u00a0on our website.\u00a0 Poscas don&#8217;t come in Tan.\u00a0 But here&#8217;s a great solution to getting a good flesh tone color for skin:\u00a0 <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The pens are made in Japan, and until recently, the labels have been written in Japanese, so the color I had been\u00a0using all along for\u00a0flesh tones,\u00a0I thought was Tan.\u00a0 Now that the pens come in English, I realize that what I thought was Tan was really Light Orange!<\/p>\n<p>So, for flesh tones you can use <a href=\"http:\/\/store.drewbrophy.com\/products\/Uni-Posca-Paint-Pen-%252d-Broad-Tip-%252d-%28Skin%29.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Light Orange<\/a> , it is really like a tan-peachy color.\u00a0 Blend it with Brown and it works great. Sometimes I add White, and even a little Pink, to get just the right shade.\u00a0 I hope this helps&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3345\" title=\"ARTIST SHOOT\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/drew-painting-with-poscas-for-blog-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"ARTIST SHOOT\" width=\"128\" height=\"192\" \/>Life is Good &#8211; Drew\u00a0\u00a0 (Follow me on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/drewbrophy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If these posts are helpful, please SHARE them with others!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When your painting includes\u00a0people, you want to get a good flesh tone color on the skin, which is not easy to do with bright colored paint pens. 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