Glazing, try and try again
I am tring to get this painting to work again. I did an underpainting that I was very happy with before Christmas, then I started putting on the glazes and it was too dark. After wiping off and trying many different variations of glazes, I finally decided that my underpainting was too dark. So I tried to repaint the underpainting over the too-dark underpainting. I wasn't happy with it so I set it aside.
You can see from the reference photo that one half of her face is in pretty dark shadow. This is where one of those plain white reflecting boards would have come in handy. Live and learn.
Now, months later, I have sanded off the underpainting I didn't like and repainted it much lighter to my satisfaction. At least I HOPE it's not too dark.
Her skin is painted with raw umber and titanium white at this point. The background and dress are finished colors because I didn't sand that off! I'm not sure the background color is the best. My next step will be to begin glazing, but before I begin that step I thought I would post this and ask for any suggestions. I really want to push this project through and get it done to the best of my ability, though now I realize my resource photo isn't the best. In other words, it's too late to go and take more photos.
Any help will be appreciated,
Joan
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