Rashida

[Jim R]

The eyes are the window to the soul and you have painted them superbly.
Jim

[PaulinKendal]

Thanks chaps. I've just put a very thin coat of Vallejo German camo black brown over her skin and I'm almost tempted to leave it at that! The silk finish catches the light perfectly - but I guess I'll have to paint those skin highlights in :angry::smiling5:

[adt70hk]

Coming on very nicely indeed!!!

[Tim Marlow]

Thanks chaps. I've just put a very thin coat of Vallejo German camo black brown over her skin and I'm almost tempted to leave it at that! The silk finish catches the light perfectly - but I guess I'll have to paint those skin highlights in :angry::smiling5:

Yes you will, unfortunately, Paul. Apart from anything else, skin isn’t monotone (at least, in the larger scales) so you need to work in the warmer and cooler areas. No five o’clock shadow to worry about though

[PaulinKendal]

Ah, I'm thinking of giving her an ultra-short crop, so that five o'clock shadow might be needed!

And the range of highlights is enormous - with shiny skin almost to white. This is going to take some serious glazing.

[Tim Marlow]

Great tones on that second image. Almost purple on the back of the neck and the middle of the forehead. I think the highlights are light caucasian rather than white though…..and I can see some glazing medium in your future LOL…..personally I find it easier to glaze with darker colours. They have less titanium white in them and are less likely to chalk up. You are going to have so much fun with this :thumb2:

[PaulinKendal]

Good call Tim. I'm taking the colour right up, so should be able to take it back down with darker glazes.

[PaulinKendal]

So here she is looking rough, but with the skin colour starting to come good. All paints are Vallejo.





Over black primer, I started with German camo black brown, which has a purple-blue cast to it, which seems to work well (that recommendation comes from the link Tim gave upthread). Then a sequence of blends from that black brown to chocolate brown, brown sand, pale flesh. Then glazed back down again with chocolate brown and then black brown. I now need to even out some of the sketchiest parts and then work up the highlights. The highlights you CAN see are generally just light reflected off the sheen.

[PaulinKendal]

... And if you look at those lashes, I think the sculptor new PRECISELY what s/he was doing!

[PaulinKendal]

... and back up again...

[minitnkr]

Doing justice to a beautiful sculpt.

[Tim Marlow]

That’s coming on really well Paul. The tonal values are truly excellent.

[PaulinKendal]

I'm realising I can get smoother and smoother blends with perseverance, but I'm not sure how much longer I want to go on with the glazing, or what level of smoothness I want to achieve. I also need to decide what level of highlights I want - these take endless adjustments!

I've decided to start on her dress, and return to the skintones later, if needed.

The process of deciding when done is actually 'done' is intriguing - it must have bamboozled artists down the centuries, I guess.

I think her shocking pink lipstick needs running right down...

[Tim Marlow]

Getting Better and better Paul. See what you mean about the lips. Might be the pictures, but the roughing on the cheeks is a little overpowering as well. It’s hard to tell because JPEG pictures get colour enhanced which can blow the reds out of all proportion.

[Jim R]

Hi Paul
This is coming on beautifully.
Jim