lunar star
So ive made a post similar to this before but my experience has not changed and the frustration continues. Granted i work with magnifying glasses so i can see every slight imperfection but i am yet to get a result that i am happy with and im stuck in a loop of stripping the same practice heads for an embarrassing amount of time and making less progress each time.
I have studied videos and some of them have the same issue as me but the issue is mostly hidden by the camera. But if you look closer at these images i have provided, you can see that there is a grit/texture to the surface, and i can guarantee you that it is a lot more pronounced in reality.
From my experience a lot of this texture can be counteracted by just being hyper aware of your brushstrokes, so on heads with hair, it can be very easily counteracted as there are no real surfaces that cause this to be an issue. Even if the head has a small amount of hair, you can still use that hair to gather your layer paint around the border to reduce this texture. (if that makes any sense) But on bald heads, im finding the large surface to be a pain to work with.
My main method that i have come up with to counteract this is to again, be super aware of my brushstrokes when doing the major first couple of layers to establish light, and paint from the back of the head, rapidly towards the brows. But even then im having a bit of issues. Im curious if anyone has any sort of rules when layering on bald heads.
Maybe paint retarder will help? ill have more time to work with the paint and wont be forced to rush? Idk, im reaching out of desperation.
Committing so much time in the hopes of learning something only to completely fail is not a great feeling. Especially when a lot of stuff on the internet makes it look like its the easiest thing ever and im just not sure what im really doing wrong.
painting confidence has now gone to the negatives.
So essentially this sucks. 😦
leaden wasp
