PSTA Miniature Painting Class day 3

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Class 3 was about painting on layers and layers of thin paint to build up colours, rather than drawing a line we change the colour subtly and then paint it thinly and slowly over and over again until we create a faint shadow that eventually becomes lines and different shades. You can see it with the fold of the dress that I am trying to attempt.

If there is shadow, it is not done with a blocked dark shade colour over once. Instead, it is about using a pale colour and paint it over again and again to create the final shade. This gives the paint more layers and depth.