Dare to Suck, post the second
Sodai Inari painting, round two. (Apparently, when I state goals for the weekend, I choose to do something else? I haven't touched my room, laundry still needs doing, but I painted.)
Where I left off last time:
Adding a yellow wash trying to get a brighter look, and white to the lighter parts:
Still not happy, tried again with a brighter brown wash, and filled in the face:
Tried again, then checked the reference photo.
ARGH. Sodai is much lighter tan than I was remembering. So, I'm sucking, but I'm fixing it. That's the whole point of Dare To Suck- keep trying, don't give up. I *think* it's getting better. I'm going to have to make a decision about when it's good enough and stop trying for photo realism. That'll probably be the hard part. Still a couple layers away from right, but again, it seems to me to be getting closer to right.
Where I left off last time:
Adding a yellow wash trying to get a brighter look, and white to the lighter parts:
Still not happy, tried again with a brighter brown wash, and filled in the face:
Tried again, then checked the reference photo.
ARGH. Sodai is much lighter tan than I was remembering. So, I'm sucking, but I'm fixing it. That's the whole point of Dare To Suck- keep trying, don't give up. I *think* it's getting better. I'm going to have to make a decision about when it's good enough and stop trying for photo realism. That'll probably be the hard part. Still a couple layers away from right, but again, it seems to me to be getting closer to right.