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.

Note to Self: Skin Color

beige/burnt ochre/ white/terra rose

just a side note to myself

to remember what combination of colors i need

when i do my skin tone.

that is, when i get to the coloring portion of my drawing.

ahhh... i can breathe again.

after using rubbing alcohol, baby oil, a colorless blender

and spit

i couldn't get my prismacolor colored pencils

to smooth their colors, 

instead of leaving all of that white space!

but thanks to a man on youtube,

he made his base WHITE first, THEN did his thing.

can you say, "huzzah"?

i can.