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Dear Scott,
I agree with you that I cannot go by exactly what the photo tells me becuase half her face is too dark. So I am trying to keep the entire face in the 'light' values, with the shadows being the darkest 'light' value. I'm afriad to go any darker for fear of it looking too dark once I add glazes, which was the problem with my underpainting at Chrimstmas. Are you saying my darks on the face should be darker?
I don not plan on doing any modeling with glazes, just darking my shadows.
I'm not sure what you mean by '"achieveing plasticity"? Does it seem I am trying to achieve plasticity? If she looks plastic to you, I certainly would like to know.
[QUOTE=Scott Bartner]Glazing should be seen as a way of adding color, as opposed to a solution for achieving plasticity. [/QUOTEPerhaps with this reference photo a successful underpainting can't be done without the face appearing too flat. I don't have enough experience to 'make up' what is hidden by the shadows. It's a shame since this is such a cute girl and pose.
Thank you,
Joan
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