I posted this in my Workbench thread on the Pulp alley thread, but I figure this may be a more appropriate place:
Okay, I need a little help with this figure...
I'm working on this figure of "Betsy Miller" for a Pulp Alley League. For various reasons she should have red hair, which is causing me headaches in itself, but also in the colours of he clothes. I try and paint figures with complementary colours on the bottom and top, but so many possible colours clash with the hair, or they vanish next to it. The jacket has been brown and blue and is currently transitioning to green. This then causes more trouble with the sweater/t-shirt underneath which I'd like to be visible but not too obvious.
Finally, I can't get the face to work at all. I simply don't understand how I'm supposed to make those details come out. I've tried washes with dark orange, brown, black, and ink, but they always go muddy as seen above, and the orange made it look like her hair is over her face. The face is from
this set (Top row middle) but however I try I can't bring the features out.
If I could work out how to do it, I'd love to make the eyes more detailed and pull out the details on the clothes et c but it doesn't seem to work for me. What am I missing?
I've looked online for youtube tutorials etc, but they seem to be mainly for larger figures. If anyone can post links to tutorials for this scale I'd appreciate it...