5 Develop skin tones

One technique to bring more saturation and warmth into the skin tones is to use Lighten layers like this. I paint with a bright orange on a Lighten layer, which only affects areas that it can actually make lighter. Then I use a big, soft Eraser to cut away at the shape until I have subtle spots of high saturation right on the edge of my highlights, like those in my reference image.

May 2014