30sec Tutorial - Seeing the whites of his eyes

As with all these tutorials this is how I approach my work and shouldn't be considered the only or best way of painitng, rather it's just another option. But I hope these are bringing an insight into how I paint and to give you something new to try. 

Today I want to mention the colour of eyes: I normally paint the whites of the eyes in either a flesh tone (Vallejo Light flesh normally) or GW Space Wolves Grey as I find pure white is way too stark. I then allow some GW Ogryn Flesh to pool in the edges around the eye lids. I've found doing things this way I get a much more natural looking eye. 

The Butcher Pt5

Over the weekend I managed to get some more flesh tones down and also completed his upper right arm....

The Butcher pt4

Some work from last night....

30sec Tutorial - Temperatures around the face

Around the face there are a number of different areas of warm and cold - the most obvious are the cold areas around the eyes and warm at the tip of the nose. However there are a few more that's less obvious - top lip tends to be cooler and bottom warmer, likewise the lower and inner parts of the ear are colder and upper parts warmer. 

The Butcher - Colour Choices

Along side the standard wip pictures I'll keep this post up to date with the colours I've used on each section. 

Skin Tones - 

Green Cloth -

Brown Cloth/Leather -

Steel Metallics (Base coat and then colours for glazes) - 

Gold Metallics - 

Shield, Brass Metallics and weathering (the corrosion applied with a sponge) -

The Butcher Pt 3

I've further refined his face but mainly been on the cloth around his shoulders. 

30sec Tutorial - The addition of a highlight can do wonders to a crease in various materials

Here's my second 30sec Tutorial. 

The addition of a highlight in the root of a crease can add wonders to the look of a material. It's not somewhere immediately obvious a highlight would go but have a look round and you'll see them there! 

Take a look at what I mean:

With highlight = 

Without highlight =