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Wood Elf With Spear

So, my second ever painting, Really struggle with getting shading and highlighting. Think it might be trying to mix colours too much, as i dont have a lot of paints. Gonna get some more colours, and some washes for next fig. Have no clue how people manage to paint eyes so well!! I guess i just need to keep trying...

Posted: 26 Dec 2014

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You are executing the highlights very cleanly. I would encourage you to experiment with different color graduations, for example you are are using yellow to highlight dark green. That works, but you could also try other highlights like light green, light grey or off white. Different people have different opinions regarding the eyes. My opinion is that painting white eye balls and dark pupils is totally unrealistic - if you look at a real human from a distance that makes her appear the size of a mini, you will not see such a sharp color contrast. I find that usually just shading the eye sockets (and the low lying areas around the mouth and cheeks) and indicating the pupils with a slightly darker dot looks much more "realistic" than sharp white eyes with a very dark dot inside.

15 Dec 2021 • Vote: 6

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