January 7th & 8th...Working!

Okay, so I have a free weekend and I am proud to say that I am on a roll with this portrait....FINALLY! :)

 I finished the first ear

Finished her eye and got the 1st layer on the 2nd ear

 4th layer on the 2nd ear

 5th layer 

 Close-up of finished 2nd ear

 Overall look after finishing the eye and 2nd ear

 1st layer on her face

By putting these base colors down first I am making the process much smoother for when I begin adding the darker colors for shadows. You will see that by the end I have a really nice color to her face that is built from a total of 11 different layers of colors.

 Beginning of 2nd layer

 Finished 2nd layer

 Moving along...4th layer completed

 5th layer and her nose 

 6th layer

You can see how that 5th layer mellowed out that bright orange that I had going on. It all works together little by little.

 7th layer

 8th layer...getting to the darker colors now

 Close-up of finished nose and the 9th layer

Layers 10 and 11 are black and indigo blue & they only have to be added to certain darker areas so they are truly quick and easy to add. They give the picture the amazing depth and realness. 

Scanned version alway looks so much better!

so close to being done...