Saturday, May 2, 2009

Update on drawing faces

Ok so here we go again, hope I am not boring you lot with all this as I have taken a heap of photos today, below is the other two faces pencilled in and just the start of colouring them

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A bit more colour on this face and the one further below

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Starting to put some colour on the lips

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Now on one of the faces I am not happy with the iris placement so am going to attempt to fix it, in the below pictures the iris on the left is places way to far inside the outline of the eye so I am using a white gel pen to try and blot it out and then once its dry (this will take a few applications) I will try and get some more green over the top and then make the iris line further out – fingers crossed it works

the below pictures the iris on the left is places way to far inside the outline of the eye so I am using a white gel pen to try and blot it out and then once its dry (this will take a few applications) I will try and get some more green over the top and then make the iris line further out – fingers crossed it works

First layer laid down and its very see through, just let it dry and then in the next picture pop a bit more over to start to make it disappear.

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5 comments:

  1. Thanks for the photos Sharon. Very helpful to see how to you do it. Good to see the fix-ups too :) Oh and thanks for the tips below as well...
    Jenny F

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  2. Great Sharon! Course I can't see anything wrong with the eye you are fixing!
    hugs Karen

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  3. Sharon,
    the faces are spectacular! So that is how those gorgeous faces are done! BEAUTIFUL! thanks for explaining it....think I am going to borrow from your technique as I have a faceless doll yet to be done...by the way, I cannot see any errors in the eyes....out eyes are not the same...you do know that, you perfectionist...lol!
    hugz
    pam

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  4. Thanks for all the pictures and explanation. But doing it myself, that's quite another story LOL

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  5. The faces are so incredible with their dimension. You have really got the shading perfect. The nose is most impressive. I have always had trouble with shading and getting it right. Wonderful work.

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