Try, Try Again

learning from blending mistakes

trial number two: the sketch

so i took my blending practices

out for a spin.

and didn't like how photo number one was turning out

she looks like a calico cat.

i realized that when i heard 

you should start with the lightest shade

it didn't mean to use the lightest possible flesh tone

and deepen it to its darkest 

(in my case, i wanted her to be cocoa brown)

i learned about two different shades ought to do it.

and a darker color for shadows.

and instead of using white as a bade color,

i think i'll try the first skin color,

white, then the first skin color again

then continue.

also, work on features like the nose,

before the layers of waxy blendable colors get too deep

and you're not able to make the nose pop anymore.

i'm gonna try to outline lightly with the shadow color,

fist.

see where that takes me.