Colours used: For skin tones - yellow ochre + madder lake (or alizarine) + a tiny amount of cerulean blue.
For eyes: sap green + ultramarine + paynes grey.
Important: paint the eyes together don't paint one and then the other
Dampen paper except eye area as shown with a mixture of ochre + mader + tiny bit of cerulean Whil ethe paper is still damp drop in more of the same colour to form shadows |
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mix a stronger red+ ochre to paint area above and below eyes. Using a very pale mixture of sap green + ultramarine + a little paynes grey paint irises leave pupils and highlights |
Paint pupils with paynes grey softening edges a little. Using a mixture of green + ultramarine outline the irises and then work towards the puplis leaving areas of lighter colour |
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The eye lashes are painted with a rigger brush using
paynes grey work from the eyelid outwards tapering
the points. Eyelashes are curved and longer at the
outside edge. Under lashes are more sparse.
Paint Eye brows with short strokes following the arch
with paynes grey and a little madder