3) CG! (finally n__n;;;;)

First of all, the colors you're going to use are pretty deep so you
reaaally have to use them with a low opacity (5-8%). Of course,
you'll have to apply many layers of it but if you start with an
opacity that's too high the result will be horrible ( trust me).

Ok, here I just quickly determined (using the bright red) where
the shadows were going to be (Be really quick about it, don't
give yourself an headache over that step.) As you can see,
the light is coming from the upper left part of my drawing,
never forget where the light comes from.

Using a much smaller brush, I quickly drew over the outlines of
the face so i don't need to use the sketch as a reference too much.
You can now see the face even though it's not quite finished yet.

I added more shadows with the brght red, don,t forget to keep
the opacity at 5-8%.

OK, see how the red seems warmer now? Well that's because I used
the orange, generally i would suggest you to use it only on the
shadows but drawing over the pink parts a bit doesn't hurt.I know most
people will tell me 'uhg, this looks WAYYY too red' Well yes O_o, it does,
but don't forget there isn't any 'light' yet, besides, you can always
play with the 'brightness/contrast' option.

YES! YOU CAN USE IT >_< IT'S NOT A CRIME YOU KNOW.

SOooo, I used the beige to lighten certain parts, (you should use
it with a 15% to 20% of opacity, or it'll take a while XD) then
cleaned up the excess

Why is the forehead still dark? Well.. because there's going to
be hair over it O_ô

Why does the eyes seem incomplete? Well because they are!
I'll finish them in my next tutorial 'How To Draw Irises',. you'll
understand why I did this then.

Bonus: You can create many different skintones if you play
with the brightness/contrast (Image--->Adjustment--->
Brightness/Contrast)
 

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