Today I worked on all the painted areas, trying to get them done. I started with the red areas, using a black gouache wash, I added some shading and wrinkles to the various materials. Next, I dry-brushed black on the gloves and midriff, darkening them and adding a bit of mesh texture. Then I got to painting the bouquet. I mixed some yellow and black gouache with a touch of sepia too form the stem color, then brushed them in. I used the same color for the leaves, such as they are. Adding in some white to the mix, I painted the highlights (mostly in the stems), and then mixed black into the original mix to paint the shadows. With that done, I mixed black and red gouache to paint the flowers, adding hints of brighter red for highlights.
I worked on the hair some more, darkening it and adding some texture. I finally got the veil built up enough to show through the background (figures, both my acrylic and gouache reds are translucent). I added some red decor to the gloves and white highlights to the shoes, then painted the flesh areas with the textured gesso, preparing them for tomorrow’s oil pastels…