My Process: Part Seven
01/15/09 08:12 PM
I further add value to Molly's hair - keeping in mind
the curls and undulations. I deepen the hair color by
adding a little more Winsor blue at a time. When I
had it all laid in, I looked at the hair and thought
that a unifying wash would help decrease the contrast
and pull the look of her hair together more. Because
at that point, it was very high contrast and her hair
looked "piecy." When I put the final wash down, I was
also able to soften the blends between the values,
which helped quite a bit. I then repeated the steps I
used on Molly's face when I painted Jacob's. His was
much easier since his face is much smaller in the
composition. Before I called it a night, I put a
Burnt Sienna wash as a highlight color for Jacob's
hair. Funny enough, he and my wife thought it strange
for him to be a redhead. We're in the home stretch!

