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Thank-you, both of you. You're right about watching the values, Allan. And, Alex, Your suggestion of cadmium and ultramarines without the white helped me see where I was going (or where I might be going) wrong (I haven't tried anything out yet). I think I must use white too much in the shadows areas, thus everything ends up in the mid-tone range. I use white like a crutch, I think because it reminds me of clay and I have the illusion of modelling the face and figure, and so I feel white is necessary to render contours and planes in the shadow areas too. So I am very excited by your cadmium mix examples, Alex. Yay! I'll go and get some this morning and try it out.
Allan - I am going to push forward with more confident areas of shadow in my drawings which, having a mostly a 2 year old model for them, tend to be (very) quick line sketches - but so good for training the eye. Anyway, I am going to look hard at the value changes. I am finding more and more that you can't get away from the established rules. Even if you snub them and go your own route for a while, you find that your best discoveries have already been discovered and used for decades already. It's more an expanding on the established rules to find your voice, rather than a breaking away from them.
My kingdom for cadmium!
Well this ended up more about shadows than green highlights, but perhaps that will work itself out with stronger, warmer, less chalky shadows.
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