Eastwood - Createx Colors

Step 4 Redefine the highlights usingthe same process as in step 2.Photos 7 and 8Step 5 After cleaning my airbrush,I add 40 drops of my reducedDriscoll tone and 5 drops of DetailViolet and 1 drop of DetailMoss Green. I use this mix todeepen the shadows and adddetail to the skin texture. Only halfof the shadows are done in thisphoto. Photo 97. Here is the finished stage. Makesure the darker mixture doesn’tlapse over onto any of the lightestareas. If it does, the area will appearmuddy and have a strange shiftin color. The colors are made tobuild in layers so in order to have amore vibrant look they must be layeredover each other to create thedarkest tones Photo 108.13.lightest flesh areas. I start to define the eyes as well. Photo 13Step 9 Using the same mixture as in step 8, I add 10 drops ofDetail SmokeBlack and spraythe pupil andiris in the eye todarken them upand also scratchthe highlightwith my #10X-Acto blade.Photo 14Step 10 Usinga mixture of3 parts Detail14. Brown and 1part Detail Smoke Black I begin to color the shirt. Photo 15Step 11 Using theelectric eraser I addlinear texture to theshirt. Photo 169.Step 6 In this step I want to createa wash of color to warm the fleshcolor. I start by cleaning my airbrushand add 25 drops of my reducedDriscoll tone with 4 drops of DetailCarmine and 10 drops of Wicked reducer.Spray a light wash over theentire portrait adding more in areaswhere needed. Photo 1110.Step 7 This photo shows the highlightsredefined with the eraser.Photo 12Step 8 After cleaning my airbrushagain I add 40 drops of my reducedFlesh tone, 9 drops of Detail Violet,3 drops of Deatil Moss Green,3 drops of Detail Smoke Black, 10drops of Wicked reducer and mixwell. Using this color I deepen thedarkest shadows being carefulnot to let the color drift onto the11. 12.Page 2Step 12 After adding20 more dropsDetail Smoke blackto my color I finishthe coloring of theshirt. Photo 1715.Step 13 Using the piece of tracingpaper I draw the outline of theportrait and cut it out with a # 11 X-Acto blade, I also cut out small trianglesso I can tape the paper onto thepainting to shield the image while Ispray the background. Photo 18Step 14 Mixing 1 part Detail SmokeBlack and 1 part Detail Violet with3 parts White spray the backgroundsolid grey. I then add White to mymix to give it the backlight and thenadd Black to fade from the corners.Photo 1917. 18.Page 316.