Work progress 12/30 – paint

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Today I went through the majority of the paint work. I started with masking out the legs, then airbrushing them with acrylics – first a light flesh, then adding more vermilion to it, then adding to that burnt sienna, and finally a bit of black. It’s thin enough I can still see the fishnet lines beneath it, so that’ll help when I draw them back in.
Next, I masked out the vest and airbrushed it with gray and black acrylics, then a bit of white for some highlights.
With the airbrush work done (I think), I started actual painting. I used gouache for the facial features and hair, then added some red gouache for the vest piping and pocket accents. Next, I used white gouache for the vest’s zipper, and finally black gouache for the shorts…