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| I worked on the eye area, a little on the ear and mouth. This needs a little more value and detail work. Just remember, the values, the lights and darks, are important! Values, values, values! |
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| I started this piece with cream and white paying attention to the values. I then used a little indigo in the darkest areas (be careful with the indigo, another dark such as black grape is easier). I usually do several layers of white and build them up. Then I added peach using the side of the pencil. I added it lightly at this point over the white. Then I used terra cotta (colors like burnt ochre or sienna work as well) and started adding some darker areas. I added dark brown to make some areas darker and indigo in the darkest areas I add the dark colors in layers and often used peach or something lighter over the darks in the middle layers (this helps blend and unify the colors). So I often go back and forth light to dark to light to dark again in some areas. For the light areas I used cream, white, peach and light peach adding these in layers. White will be added at the end in the very lightest areas. The nose needs some help as I lost one of the nostrils, ooppss. It needs some reshaping as well. This whole is at the beginning and needs a lot more value and detail work. |