project. I usually print out some relevant pictures if I have no
book reference to hand (which I didn’t).
The Red
Starting with Dragon Red as the shade colour, I did all the
design, trying to follow what a real mandrill looks like. I then
mixed Matt White to the Dragon Red and highlighted the
design, then mixed more Matt White to that mix and
highlighted it again, the red on the mandrill is really rather
pinkish.
The Blue
The blue shade colour is a mix of Deep Blue and Crystal
Blue. For the highlights I added Matt White in three
successive layers.