Paint a Sailor Girl in Acrylics 2/2

In the previous blog I showed you how to paint a pouting sailor girl in acrylics. This is actually a set of two paintings I did for the sheer fun of it. In today's blog, I paint the second girl in the set of two.

I started the painting on this rough circular background made of un-sanded planks.

I drew the sailor in charcoal.

I then painted gesso on all the parts that would be painted, leaving the rest of the canvas as is.

I painted the hair a warm red.

I added a neutral flesh.

I painted the white areas in Titanium white.

I painted all of the blue areas.

I painted the lips bright red.

I added black to the lips and eyes.

I added shade to the blue areas with a darker blue. I also some of this on the white areas.

I added highlights to the skin.

I added shadows to the skin.

I then added detail to the lips.

I changed the shade of the eyes ever so slightly.

I added detail to the eyes, as well as to add highlights to the lips.

I brought dark brown streaks into the hair.

I added a lighter shade of brown as well as some yellow ochre, to the hair.

Then I added deep shadows to the hair with a blueish purple.

The completed painting.

The two paintings side by side.

You can watch a short compilation video of these steps on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/vbgICG-m03o

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