My Daughters (Lindsay)

[Shelley P]

Ok, here is the step by step photos that I took of Lindsay's portrait.
8x10" on Arches 140lb cold press.

colours used:
W&N Perm. Rose + Raw Sienna (fleshtone)
DaVinci Cobalt Turquoise (background)
W&N Ultram. Blue, green shade (background, eyes, hair and skin shading)
Hookers Green Dark (background & eyes)
Burnt Umber (hair & very thin for freckles)
Raw Sienna (hair highlights)
Alizarine Crimson (lips & eyelids)
Ultramarine Blue + bit of Burnt Umber (grey for shading white areas -teeth, eyes, shirt)

I applied masking fluid with a small soapy brush for the sunlit hair, eyes and inside of mouth until I was ready to paint these areas. It allowed me to put in the very wet skintones and background wash (separately, of course) without worrying about painting around the small shapes.

Skin tones were done wet-on-wet in several layers, allowing each to dry thoroughly between applications.














Thanks for looking!
Shelley

[Jenoir]

Shelley, as always your work is superb. This is outstanding!!

[giddy up]

just remarkable.........learning a lot here, shelley......that hair is just to die for!
perm rose and raw seinna.......or opera and sienna.........gonna try soon....
will use those mixes on my next fleshy parts.....woohoo.......thanks.....this
is lovely........I could not pick a favorite......they both are just spectacular...

Greg

[Srishti]

OMG.............This is gorgeous!!! I wish I could see these in Real Life!!! Just took my breath away!!!!

[bluegenes]

Excellent portrait, Shelley! I'll be studying this again and again!

Patty

P.S. I can see her mom in those eyes!

[Shaworiginals]

This is some of the best hair I've ever seen...kudos! I saved this as an example of painting brown hair

[Shelley P]

Thanks so much. I'm glad you lke the step-by-step. I should probably mention that the masking for the sunlit hair didn't come off until all the hair was painted. I removed the masking and added just a few final details in the 'white' spaces, leaving the sunlit sections as just the white of the paper.

Shelley

[olliewood0702]

THANK YOU SO MUCH Shelley for the time it took for you to post both of your wonderful daughters' portraits! WOW.....simply stunning......I'm in awe too as many others on the great job you've done. You must be very proud.

What did your girls think of them?

[Ms. Gee]

This is simply incredible! She looks delightful and makes a cute blonde, too!

Grace

[CharM]

It's always a joy to read through your wips!

[monikadeo]

Gorgeous! Just saw the other one as well. Your daughters are so beautiful!

-Monika.

[artdreamer1]

Totally AWESOME!!!! Thank you so much for the step-by-step; it will definitely come in handy next time I try a portrait...Bravo!


Michele

[ona]

Amazing! Thanks for the step by step photo's too. They really help to show how you achieved the final effect

[happypaddler]

Shelley - I don't understand why everyone is so surprised that you have gorgeous daughters.

Thank you so much for this. I will be coming back over and over to look at her hair. As usual this is amazing work. Thank you.