I already mentioned we work from dark to light, so we start with the darkest parts we can find in the face, which are always the pupils, iris, eyelashes, eyebrows, nostrils, mouth and most of the time also the hair/parts of the ear. Dark shadows that look nearly black should be used as well, but we already have them from the black and white copy, so I am not focussing on that yet. I will darken them with every stroke and blend the face with many layers of paint.


As soon as you filled in the dark parts, you can go to the second darkest parts, like dark facial features such as nose shapes, lips etc.


I erase the highlights in the iris with an electric eraser for nice sharp edges and a clean white highlight. This brings the eyes back to life.


Here you can see me correcting the shape of the left iris, by erasing against a white piece of paper with the Faber Castell eraser pencil. You can also do this when you have too much overspray and need a sharper edge.


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