Looking nice, curious. I like the closeup better, and think it still keeps to the theme nicely. There is something odd about the relationship between the nose and left cheek though. They don't seem to flow as well as it should? (If that makes sense)

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It's okay, I understand. I've already posted the final image. It's not something I was keeping anyway, but thanks.

Digital Dave:

You've laid the colors down nicely, Zinc and it's looking great. ... Like we spoke about in your sketchbook, I tried my first in image using all Artrage, and though I tried fooling with all the settings & brushes for the water colors, I couldn't seem to get the look you have produced here though. Ended up using mostly the wet-on-wet setting at the bottom. But plan to go back in and try some more stuff. Figure it might take some more trial & error to find something that works well.

Thanks Dave. I must admit I don't make things easy for myself when it comes to the watercolours brush. I don't use the wet-on-wet setting much (although I am trying to use it more), instead I use the normal watercolour brush with thinners set to about 50%. I then lay down the colour but leave out any high lighted areas. After that I go in with the pallet knife set to wet and soften the edges. I then setup another layer and add any darker tones on top.

Unfortunately leaving highlighted areas blank means you really need a lot of fore-sight and planning, which is something I am seriously lacking. My technique also means you end up with a ton of layers and an image that is really hard to edit. Hopefully with practice I'll get the layers down to a manageable number ;p

 

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Thanks Zinc. Will definitely give some of this a go next time. Not sure why I kept using the wey-on-wet? thought it mixed the colors nicely, but maybe not the best method to start with? Will have fun finding out more on it though. 

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