This week we had a new sitter and could only use black and white paint. We had to mix up 5 shades of grey, ranging from dark to light, with the third being the mid tone.
Using just tones 2 and 4, we first had to paint a thumbnail head to test our colour mixing and then move on to paint Ellie just to show the shadow and light. Learning to read the darks and lights in two tones was difficult, even with squinting at the sitter. The ear was actually in shadow and the cheek bones on the left were not.
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Once we had our shadows and lights we started to add the other tones. At one point I was ok with what I had produced and wish I'd taken an interim photo, but then Ellie moved and I made the mistake of changing things. At the end of the class I ended up with a portrait that had the nose was too long, the shape of the face needed modifying, the lighter paint around the mouth made it look odd and for some reason I made the eyes look to the left.
On Sunday, before I cleaned the paint from the pallet I thought I'd just spend a few minutes touching it up and I got a bit carried away. Although I am really happy with the results I am also pretty nervous that I've done too much and that people will not be best pleased, when the idea is to continue with in the next session.
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