While rendering the face build up the tones very slowly, don’t overwork this area as it well result in the face being to dark. Rendering this part of the portrait is very time consuming as it’s the most critical part of the painting. I use my colorwheel com- paring the reference material with the painting often to ensure my tones are correct.


The ears and earring are next. I use only a freehand shield for the ear and no other types of masking. An elec- tric eraser is used to render the ear- ring; the white of the paper actually forms the earring. As you can see I finish them off completely before I move to the next step, to keep the right balance in the Gray tones I use the eyes as a reference.


Rendering the hair is one of the most time consuming parts of the painting. I switch to my Iwata again making long dagger strokes and building up the tones slowly. Using the electric eraser to remove some of the paint is how I accomplished adding highlights in the hair. The whole hair painting process takes three or four hours.


In this picture we are completing the neck, this photo shows you that when you have the right balance of colours you can see some depth coming on already. If you take your time mix- ing those colours to begin with this happens automatically. The electric eraser is used for adding highlights by removing some of the colour revealing the colour of the paper (white) beneath.


Starting to work the clothing it’s just a matter of keeping your concentra- tion. Most of the time you just want to finish as soon as possible, but there is a lot of work completing the rest of the portrait in full detail. I choose to try making the portrait as real as pos- sibly focussing on detail and shades. I start with the darkest areas and wait working on the rest of the body un- til I am completely finished with the clothing.


Here I have completed the rest of the clothing. Using my lightest Gray I start building up the rest of the body. I take small steps, you need to be care- ful not to overwork the painting here as you are nearly finished. It takes dis- cipline and concentration, you don’t want to finish to quickly destroying your work.


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