Today was not a good day in class. It started off all nice and easy. My drawing was looking pretty good. I was feeling pretty good. And then came color, my current nemesis. As I have said before, mixing colors, especially flesh tones, are hard enough. Add in a limited palette (yellow ochre, cadmium red, ivory black, and titanium white) and all hell breaks loose! Okay, maybe that's an exageration, but it felt like it yesterday.
I am still not happy with my final result. If only I had a few more hours...!
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I like the way that this started. |
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Still looking pretty good, although I think the nose looks big... |
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Adding in the darkest darks. |
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And here is where it all went wrong. The colors look muddy.
Too much white was added too soon. This was where I
started to wonder if I could make this painting work. |
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I wiped out all of the paint and decided that the nose and mouth
area need some reconstructing. |
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It's looking better here but the skin tones still look too red. She was a
pretty pale woman. |
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More progress... |
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My final results. I am still not happy with it. The color still feels off.
I wish I had more time to work on it, but I don't. I have to remind myself that
it's just practice and I am learning. I just hate having incomplete work, and work
that I am unhappy with on top of it. |
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