For this painting, I started with my pale pink decoupage, sketched out my young woman, and then began adding another decoupaged background.
As an artist, inspiration for a project can come from almost anywhere.
As soon as I saw this napkin, I knew I had to use it as a background.
Being a cocktail napkin, an 8×8 cradled wood panel was the best fit, and the painting progressed from that point!
I have found that for the painting of the girl’s face
I prefer a pale-pink decoupaged background to a painted background, so I started there.
The Sketch
First, I made my Sketch on the pale pink, then I cut out and applied the lemon & orange background.
It was a bit of a tedious job, but it was important because I did not want lemons and oranges to show through her finished face.
Finally, to the fun part: Color!
I decided to start with my Caran de ache Neocolor ii, water soluble pastels.
I usually use my Caran d’ache on hot oress watercolor paper, so I wasn’t exactly sure how they would react on a decoupaged surface as the first phase of color.
I was careful not to use as much water as I would on paper, and my base color came out well.
Now for the rest of the colors!
I’m sorry, I forgot to record any videos of the progress for you.
I used my usual skin tones and she came out quite beautiful!
Now, to determine hair and eye color!
I chose a light brunette color combo for her hair and a green and blue combo for her eyes.
