Thanks Davis and John for the feedback. She is actually "whiter" than what the photos portray. Once I get the collar finished and up and around her head you will see the difference.

Great one Guy......as its been said, not an easy job but you pulled it out just right!! Welldone!!!

Ray

Hey Guy,

Looks really nice. Hit me up on the IM when you are free some time.

Joe

Very Good ! Guy, yes definitely very challenging skin tone loved the bust when I first saw it a couple of months ago, but was put off by the light tones everywhere.

Will be great to see yours finished as I'm sure it will look very good and will please the recipient no end.

Thanks for posting, RobH.

Ray ~ Joe ~ Rob ~ Thanks for the feedback guys. Much appreciated.

Hello, Guy.
It builds into a wonderful bust model.
Flesh color is wonderful as everyone says.
I can't take out such color.
Person's European face.
Small decoration is also amazing very much.
I congratulate completion.

really nice to see how you have painted this one Guy and have to say i like what i see.

steve

Very cool job so far Guy, keep it comming!

Mitsutaka ~ Steve ~ Ernest - Thanks for the kind words and feedback.

Now I have begun on the bust shoulder section by spray priming the bust with Floquil R9 light gray primer as seen below.

Next I outline all of the different edges to the cloth with a medium gray enamel. I started on the very front and will work to each side / shoulder with the back being last.

Next I have added white to the tops of the fabric and with clean thinner blended this in with the gray edging.

While the white blending and shading from above is drying I took dark brown and base coated all of the gold jewelry as seen below.

I have given the dress its first white dry-brushing lightly with a flat brush and dry-fit assembled the head and shoulders to get an idea of how it will look overall.

Next I will repeat the dry-brushing with white on the dress several more times with a drying period between each dry-brushing. I will also start on the back as this is the largest area of the dress.

All comments welcomed.
More to come.

Below is the chest dry-brushed with white over the blended and shaded step.

The top photo below shows the outlining on the back followed by the white added to the top of the fabric and the bottom photo shows the two colors blended.

Below the dry-brushing with white begins with the 1st dry-brushing.

Below all of the Pearls are re-primered and after drying they will get several coats of Humbrol Ivory.

All comments welcomed.

Guy fantastic paintwork sofar, looking forward to see some more!

Cheers,
Marcel.

Thanks for the kind words Marcel.

No comments,
Just enjoying what you are doing with this..Great work so far.

marc

Guy, this subject is really a challenge ... and you are gonna to win...

Stefano

Fantastic work Guy

Your work really inspire me

Warm Regards

Mario

So much fun watching this come together! Thanks Guy!

Jay H.
Okc

~Marc ~ Stefano ~ Mario ~ Jay ~ Thanks for the kind words my friends. This has really been a challenge and a lot of fun to paint.