I thought we would take a break from backgrounds (that's all I've shown this week!) and take a look at my first two painted faces. The first I completed on uncoated watercolour paper, which tended to soak up the paint and make things a little blotchy. Still, I'm pretty happy with how she turned out:
Her cheeks are a bit much for me, but I was trying to get them just right and using my fingers, so I ended up making them too big. Still, I'm quite satisfied with how things turned out. The flowers I made with leftover paint make me smile - I'll have to add them into this girls hair when I cut them out and paste them onto a background (I can't waste her, even with her apple cheeks... I can probably tone those down anyway).
paints used: titanium white, titan buff, Indian yellow hue, red oxide, quinacridone magenta, sap green
Friday evening, I went to Curry's to pick up a few more colours to use for skin tones. I grabbed burnt sienna, raw sienna and burnt umber light (all Golden). They are nice warm tones that will be great for making more ethnic girls. Still, I wanted to stick to the familiar - a caucasian girl - for my first canvas.
I'll show you a bit more of my process, including the inspiration photo and sketch, later, but for now here is a face with a slightly wider palette (I wish I had taken a photo before painting on the hair but I was on a roll and my fingers were dirty):
After taking these photos, I decided she needed a bit more shading on the side of her cheek facing downward.
This time I used a paintbrush more than my fingers (my favourite 1/2" filbert) and am really pleased with the skin tones I achieved. I just have to work on the shadows a bit before I'm completely satisfied. She's progressed quite a bit from here now and I'm getting really excited about her. Anyway, more later! I need to think about cleaning up a bit before painting some more!
paints used: titanium white, titan buff, Indian yellow hue, raw sienna, burnt sienna, burnt umber light, red oxide, quinacridone magenta, permanent red violet, sap green (plus mars black in her hair)
paints used: titanium white, titan buff, Indian yellow hue, red oxide, quinacridone magenta, sap green
Friday evening, I went to Curry's to pick up a few more colours to use for skin tones. I grabbed burnt sienna, raw sienna and burnt umber light (all Golden). They are nice warm tones that will be great for making more ethnic girls. Still, I wanted to stick to the familiar - a caucasian girl - for my first canvas.
I'll show you a bit more of my process, including the inspiration photo and sketch, later, but for now here is a face with a slightly wider palette (I wish I had taken a photo before painting on the hair but I was on a roll and my fingers were dirty):
paints used: titanium white, titan buff, Indian yellow hue, raw sienna, burnt sienna, burnt umber light, red oxide, quinacridone magenta, permanent red violet, sap green (plus mars black in her hair)
It's very nice to see that you've taken what you're learning in the class, but completely developing your own style with it :)
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