- Ember Orange Bloodtracker Brown When painting very bright colors it can be much easier to start with the darkest shadow and simply add highlights. In this case we begin with a basecoat mixture of Ember Orange and Bloodtracker Brown.
- Ember Orange Highlight the Cygnus with Ember Orange.
- Cygnus Yellow Apply the second stage of highlights using Cygnus Yellow.
- Menoth White Highlight Cygnus Yellow Mix Menoth White Highlight with Cygnus Yellow for the next highlighting stage
- Menoth White Highlight To finish the Cygnus, add extra Menoth White Highlight to the mixture and apply highlights to the upper edge of the swan.