This woman is a great artist and a really good teacher. I just discovered her today but I will certainly be watching more of her tutorials.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7rrrkpJHLU

It's longgggggg, but I'll skin through, looks useful.

It is long but it is really worth watching. I learned a lot from that one.

I watched it too Eris, she sure is good. It was almost like you couldn't see what she was doing, One minute the eyes would be there and next they were painted over but I like the way she explained all the skin tones. I will try one, not that it will look good. I still haven't come up with a brush that makes the blending easy.

Maybe this will be useful.
Basic Skin Tones palette.

thank you odin. You posted that pallette with the pinks yesterday, where do I find the gradients with those colors, I really like them.

Thanks Odin

I just watched another of her videos and discovered she has never been taught.

Gotta love those self taught people.

I must confess Moko, art college had some uses but I learnt most from personal observation and practice. The only thing in art college I really learnt anything from was life drawing. I imagine from your comment and grin that you are self taught?

Mostly yeah, a few random things, and ofc youtube, manga drawing books and that stuff.
I don't have any "formal training" unless art class which taught drawing 2 times out of 10 weeks once a week when I was 10. xD

How long did you go to art college? o.o

I was only there for a year and I got kicked out for not having much work to show for it.

LOL ouch.
I think they missed out, you draw lovely pictures.

Thank you. I take consolation in the fact that a number of my favourite musicians got kicked out of art college.

Well John Carmack dropped out cause he was bored, and he invented 3D video games so...It's all good. xD

I know how he felt, the **** they get you to draw and paint!!! The group a year above me once told me that they had to sit in front of the wall for a whole session painting that section of the wall.

LOL wow.

This is nowhere near finished but I'm liking the technique!

That's still pretty nice though.
I like that you can learn GIMP using photoshop tutorials. xD

When my internet renews I might try the tutorial, but my KB limit is almost gone atm so gotta wait.

Pain isn't it. I've got to wait until I can watch the next one.