I believe part of being an artist means you never stop improving. For one reason or another, a lot of artists are afraid to paint dark complexions or Black characters. Sometimes deeming the idea too complex or difficult and they’d rather focus on lighter skin tones. If you truly want to get better on skin tones, improvement will come when you keep drawing diverse figures.
Heres few tutorials I like that might be of some help! :
- Dont be afraid of Dark Skin by Ririarts. (I visit this one most frequently)
- How to Render Dark Skin by jordynl33
- Oil painting process by Ellie Mandy Art
Older but honorable mention from Sinix: Painting Dark Skin Tones and Anatomy: Skin
I hope these tutorials help, if anyone has any youtube videos they like feel free to share as well i’d love to see! And remember that practice makes improvement.