Entry 10- Painting Finished

This lesson, I coloured in my sketch. I wanted a green colour scheme for my dress rather than a pink and white one like the reference. This time, I also changed my brush setting to arcrylic, for a smooth blending. This brush, however, is annoying in the sense of having to go back and forth to make the blending seem, just right.

I first started with the eyes. Getting the lighter shade of green that I wanted, I filled in the iris. After that, I used a shade darker, turned the opacity down and then coloured the edges of the iris. I then went back to the original green colour to blend the two colours in. I then got a shade darker, and then drew little lines on the iris. After that, using the colour white, I drew a slight “reflection” of light near the pupil. I repeated this for the other eye. 

Next, I got a skin colour that I wanted and then coloured in the face and the neck. After that,I got a slightly pinker shade of that colour, and then added some contour and shadows to the overall face. The pink hue helps the face to seem more, “human” like, or “alive”. After that, I went back with the same skin shade and then tried to blend all the colours together. The nose was particularly hard to do, as I was never good with the shading of the nose. 

Creating a new layer, I started colouring the 1st layer of clothes. For the long vest, I wanted it to be green. Using the same acrylic brush, I filled in the vest, and used a slightly darker tone to create shadows for the creases onto the vest. 

The previous step was repeated for the rest of my clothes. 

For the background of my painting, I wanted this home vibe instead of a blank background with some random curtains like most victorian painting does. I searched up Victorian homes interior and had to search my way through the one the I really liked. After finding the one that I liked, I simply imported that into my drawing as another layer and moved the layer to the background. 

That’s all that I did this lesson.