work progress – painting nearly done

0 comments By Kevin Filed in Uncategorized Tagged with acrylic, Gia, gouache, paint, pinup, polka dots, work progress May 27th, 2010 @ 7:59 pm

Last night I started the paint work, getting the face and hair done with gouache. Today, I painted the outfit, first the black top blocked in solid with gouache, then all the red parts with acrylics. I chose acrylics because I knew I’d be painting white dots all over, and the red gouache re-wets and mixes all too easily. This way I was able to get bright, clean lines when I painted the dots (also with acrylics). I finished it up with colored pencils over the black, using grays to create the detail. Hopefully I’ll have time yet tonight to get the textured gesso down on the skin areas so I can begin the oil pastels right away tomorrow…