Brokeneagle
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American Southwest, Circa 1876, Sioux Warriors vs US 7th Cavalry
- Thread starter Steve Ski
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AndyFettes
Master at Arms
wonderful face Steve
Steve Ski
Well-known member
Sorry for the delay, and thank you kindly.Fantastic face -
Thanks, Andy.
Slight diversion, firewood. Hopefully I'll get back to this today. It's that time of year again and I'm behind the curve, again.
Steve Ski
Well-known member
Full Body Flesh Tones
Before I got started on the full body flesh tones, I spent some time studying the colors and mixes required to make Chief’s flesh work convincing. It was a little intimidating, but after I got started it wasn’t so bad. Right now, the tones are slightly darker than I want them and will be lightened up with progressive applications of the lighter highlights. The red tones are actually looking ok, but they don’t match Chief’s face, so I’ll need to dial them back. If it fails, I’ll scrub it and do it again. Like I’ve never done that before, right? But right now, the shadows are looking good so far. I’m thinking I can recover this without a re-do. Remember, I’ve never done a full body figure in flesh tones, so this is a learning experience. But like anything else, it’s nothing to get hung up about, just do it.
I put Daria’s “grey canvas” aside this time to see how well I can work Milan’s method of oil application. I went with an acrylic color close to neutral for the base, but slightly on the darker side. I’m finding that it’s easy to get carried away or rush this process by add too much oil and end up with the shadows spreading much further than needed. I’ve already gone past my intended target so I will be attempting to dial it back a bit. Also, from my experience, when you start to see the oils begin to clump on the brush or on the work surface, you’re either too dry, or you’ve got too much oil in that area. Once I saw that I quickly backed off and did some thinning and that seemed to remedy the issue.
What I like about Milan’s process is the time involved vs Daria’s process. I know the taboo with oils is the drying time and acrylic addicts have mastered the layering process to a “T.” But that’s not what we’re doing here. The key point to understand here is that we’re still using oils but cutting down the amount of oils used and feathering nearly every application in smaller work areas, which makes drying time much faster. At least this is what I’m finding with this method, and I’m liking it. However, I’m burning through short flat brushes faster than expected.
No, I am not abandoning Daria’s oil applications completely; there will be plenty of areas to continue that process along the way. I really like her approach and have found it has really improved my understanding of oils and how they blend so well.
With the basic shadows applied I can work my way up with each highlight tone. The key, once again, is to avoid oil build up, so my over-zealous prior application will require direct attention as I go forward. This is a good lesson on “moderation of application” that I am paying close attention to. If I can get this dialed in properly, I will have added another tool/process to my kit bag, and that’s always a good thing. Ruck On, Bby!
Thanks for watchin, more to follow soon. Cheers, Ski.
Before I got started on the full body flesh tones, I spent some time studying the colors and mixes required to make Chief’s flesh work convincing. It was a little intimidating, but after I got started it wasn’t so bad. Right now, the tones are slightly darker than I want them and will be lightened up with progressive applications of the lighter highlights. The red tones are actually looking ok, but they don’t match Chief’s face, so I’ll need to dial them back. If it fails, I’ll scrub it and do it again. Like I’ve never done that before, right? But right now, the shadows are looking good so far. I’m thinking I can recover this without a re-do. Remember, I’ve never done a full body figure in flesh tones, so this is a learning experience. But like anything else, it’s nothing to get hung up about, just do it.
I put Daria’s “grey canvas” aside this time to see how well I can work Milan’s method of oil application. I went with an acrylic color close to neutral for the base, but slightly on the darker side. I’m finding that it’s easy to get carried away or rush this process by add too much oil and end up with the shadows spreading much further than needed. I’ve already gone past my intended target so I will be attempting to dial it back a bit. Also, from my experience, when you start to see the oils begin to clump on the brush or on the work surface, you’re either too dry, or you’ve got too much oil in that area. Once I saw that I quickly backed off and did some thinning and that seemed to remedy the issue.
What I like about Milan’s process is the time involved vs Daria’s process. I know the taboo with oils is the drying time and acrylic addicts have mastered the layering process to a “T.” But that’s not what we’re doing here. The key point to understand here is that we’re still using oils but cutting down the amount of oils used and feathering nearly every application in smaller work areas, which makes drying time much faster. At least this is what I’m finding with this method, and I’m liking it. However, I’m burning through short flat brushes faster than expected.
No, I am not abandoning Daria’s oil applications completely; there will be plenty of areas to continue that process along the way. I really like her approach and have found it has really improved my understanding of oils and how they blend so well.
With the basic shadows applied I can work my way up with each highlight tone. The key, once again, is to avoid oil build up, so my over-zealous prior application will require direct attention as I go forward. This is a good lesson on “moderation of application” that I am paying close attention to. If I can get this dialed in properly, I will have added another tool/process to my kit bag, and that’s always a good thing. Ruck On, Bby!
Thanks for watchin, more to follow soon. Cheers, Ski.
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
That torso is looking really good Steve! The blending between the shading and highlight parts is very well done!
That's incredible. 
