How to Create Realistic Skin Tones with Pastel Pencils - Step by Step Tutorial

How to Create Realistic Skin Tones with Pastel Pencils - Step by Step Tutorial

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Emmy Kalia
Feb 14, 2026

Full real-time video lesson: https://patreon.com/posts/148678132

Practice creating and blending realistic skin tones with pastel pencils by studying reference photos and layering color step by step.

In this video, I show how I choose colors, build soft transitions, and notice warm and cool shifts in the skin to achieve a natural result.

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Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils: https://amzn.to/423yaIc
Caran d'ache Pastel Pencils
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