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My academic realism portrait class has been challenging my painting vision, skills, technique and most of all, my patience. The model at class was stunningly beautiful, which added more pressure. I almost felt like apologizing in advance for the rendition that I felt would surely not measure up to her gorgeous reality. That reality being her flawless hair, skin, and features.
I think what I found the most difficult was the fairness of our model's hair and complexion. Contours couldn't be too dark and I worked at implying plane changes with temperature rather than drastic value changes. The model's skin was so fair that her skin seemed translucsent. I used Flake White Replacement, a transparent white by Gamblin to build up a glowing pinkish white for her skin in the bright light. I amended my classwork using a photo after the actual live class session. I corrected several edges especially in the jaw area and got to a better likeness.
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