11 April Playing with black and green and fighting with white

Gave Jasmin a layer of oily black green to soften everything down and then picked out some details in a really pale pinky white. 

The white is still too much! Even mixed with the pink and in a black /green base

I worked on the mouth and extended some of these colours to the rest of the face and skin - I like these; she looks much more alive, but the white is still pretty prominent. Began adding more hair detail back as the colours started to emerge - I'm happy with how the hair is going.

Looking at the photos to check progress I felt now was a good time to add some lighter paint to the sides of Jasmin and also added a little white around the hair - I've also done this on the small kitchen portrait - I'm trying to elevate her in the same way as a halo would have been used but really in a subtle way.

Thought this was a bit too much and decided to bring some dark back to the bottom right corner of the hair

I now miss the brush stroke - crikey .. I'll just keep going.. I will get this how I want it .. I will.

Jack says she got a very pale complexion and referenced an animation character that sucks the colour out of her surroundings. 

Trev picked up on the white tones and said she looked a bit air brushed. I'm having that fight again between soft tonal shading and deliberate gestural marks.