L'Hermitage Poster Update

Here is an update on my poster.  Kind of feels like I am doing a paint-by-number a bit as this is really sectioned and there are lots of hard edges due to the graphic look, I guess.    Am doing block ins first to eliminate the white of the paper (you can see that on the bottom of the hair) and then final layers for color adjustment.  I took a few liberties with the hair and made some more definition  in the wave layers than what is on the poster, not sure about it, if it is too busy, will finish and might go back and flatten it out to keep the same effect as the original.  I am still struggling though to get acylic to look and blend softly, haven't learned that trick yet - so if you know the secret, please share.
But, boy, what a difference red/orange makes huh?  Like the way it pops off the blue-violet and blue- green in the background. 
Am taking a bit of a break here and working on something else that is kind of fun and then will come back here to start putting in the finishing touches in the left side. 
Thanks to Caroline, Hilda and Nancy for answering what they use on their palettes, there are a couple of new colors to check out.  Not too late if you want to leave your colors, sure would be appreciated.
Thanks for checking in and hope you are having a great painting week.

Comments

Nancy Goldman said…
It's looking really good Nelvia. I use a slow dry medium when I use acrylics and it works pretty well for blending.
Rita Vaselli said…
The use of the medium is the only way to solve the problem, as indicated by Nancy. For me,because I painting mainly in watercolor, is always a difficult moment use mediums instead of water ...Your work looks well!

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