Newborn Portrait - Fixing up and Battling on
It doesn't look as though much work has been done, in the past few days, but there has been a lot of correcting going on. Twice, the layers of pigment have been removed, using blu tak. This was because the skin texture didn't have the fine quality that I was aiming for.
Another issue has been the colour of the skin. The photo is very red and the shadowed areas don't show a pleasant hue in the photograph so I am having to modify the colours, using experimentation as I go along. This is where good photographic reference materials and experience come in handy. In this case, I particularly liked the photo and there was no possibility of recapturing the moment, as the baby is now 19 months old. I haven't got to the stage of giving up on this portrait, yet, but I must admit that it is giving me more challenges than I anticipated.
Can you see the differences between this picture and the previous one? What do you think?
The skin tone looks darker and a little more red than before, but that might just be the fact that your photo is darker. You're not thinking of giving up on it are you?
ReplyDeleteYes, I think it might be the photo, Immy. I took in the fading light of the afternoon. I've taken another photo, this morning, and replaced the darker one. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteI don't think I'll give up, now, as I think it will look more realistic, once the back of the head is done and the background is finished. It has, also, been a big learning experience as far as materials are concerned. I'll explain what I discovered, in my next post.