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Old 05-25-2006, 10:44 AM   #2
Mischa Milosevic Mischa Milosevic is offline
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Susan, you have a beautiful subject. Such delicate skin tones and hair. I have a number of things to suggest. So, please be patient with me.

I hope you wont mind that I used your reference photo to make visual suggestions. Instruction with only words at a distance is quite difficult.

What I have done is started a even ton on the forehead. This you would do for the entire face. Use a ton value and color that you think appropriate. Face in light has a slight difference of ton change but the change is most noticeable in the peak of the high light, the cheek. More precisely back from the cheek. Still the change is slight compared to the general skin value and hue. Remember the hair is where the light is the strongest and everything from there down the light diminishes.

While you are thinking about all of this there is some drawing adjustments to consider the shape and size of the ear, the length shape of the chin and nose, her top lip at the point, the angle of the moth, forehead.

First place to start is the general value and hue of the face, hair neck. Then using that same appropriate value correct the drawing. Remember the most important part, the relation of values is what makes the painting work and not the color u use.

I hope this helps.
Sincerely yours,

mischa
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