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My Paint Recipes...

Gold NMM (all paints are Pro Acryl) Coal Black Mahogany Burnt Orange Golden Brown (could swap out Yellow Ochre) Pale Yellow Bold Titanium White 1. Base coat with Mahogany. 2. Paint everything except d eepest shadows with 1:1 mix of Mahogany + Burnt Orange (layer consistency). 3. Sketch in broadest highlight areas with 1:1 mix of Burnt Orange + Golden Brown (layer consistency). Use stippling & hatching at extreme ends of larger areas where it meets the midtones. Use glazing to smooth over the stippling & hatching. Not looking for perfectly smooth, maybe just 1-2 coats of glazing. 4. Continue painting highlight areas going smaller & smaller through:  - Golden Brown  - 1:1 mix of Golden Brown + Pale Yellow  - Pale Yellow  - Bold Titanium White (only for extreme dot highlights) *** This is where I'd previously use filter coats of Warm Yellow or Golden Yellow, but I'm trying to work more towards an orangish bronze color rather than a really yellowish gold. So, what's