This is something I've been wrestling with for quite some time - I work primarily in black and white, do all my shading with graphite, and as such have been relying mostly on facial structure and features to indicate various ethnicities. (Graphite shading is terribly blotchy over skin, unless it's a close-up)
I've started laying in flat gray tones over the pencil, but am not too satisfied with that, either - Hoping to work out a decent technique on my own, but if anyone here has found one, please let me know!
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This is something I've been wrestling with for quite some time - I work primarily in black and white, do all my shading with graphite, and as such have been relying mostly on facial structure and features to indicate various ethnicities. (Graphite shading is terribly blotchy over skin, unless it's a close-up)
I've started laying in flat gray tones over the pencil, but am not too satisfied with that, either - Hoping to work out a decent technique on my own, but if anyone here has found one, please let me know!