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Old 01-30-2004, 03:45 PM   #1
Matthew Severson Matthew Severson is offline
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What went wrong with this one.




This is a quicky that I did to practice skin tones. Unfortunately I made many, many mistakes. But this doesn't distress me too much, because it is my first portrait. (And I'm only 16.)

First of all, I used the wrong imprimatura. It is way too warm. This led to a number of problems, one being that her skin turned out way too bright. (The photo even makes it brighter.) She looks like a lobster with blush.

The second problem with this portrait is that I had to use a wallet sized photo that had almost no shadow at all! Her face was completely lit, so I had to work out the shadow myself. Big no no.

I'm no Marvin Mattelson yet!

In my next portrait I will be sure to use a cool, light brown imprimatura.

Matthew
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