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until now we have:
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A finished uniform with a flat appearance (doll)
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The face finished with expression and personality.
Now
what is needed, is to give depth to the figure. For this we need
to add lights and shadows. The contrast between both will give our
figure life, gaining a real aspect.
In
general, we get the lights by lightening the base colour with white
and the shadows we get by darkening the base colour with black.
When you have got enough experience you will see that we can get
the lights and shadows using different colours. Anyway, try.
In
our case to add lights to the uniform and the cap mix the base colour
(German grey 830) with light grey (990) and white (951).
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Add
the mixture onto the flat paint brush number 2.
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Before
painting the cap or the uniform, rub the brush onto a tissue,
so that most of the paint in on the tissue, leaving the brush
almost dry.
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Now
rub the brush softly onto the areas that protrurde mosr from the
cap, so that you can notice the lighter colour against the background
( this will give volume to the cap). Do this a couple of times,
if you want to add some more white to the paint. As you can see
the cap has changed: it looks more real.
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This
technique is called Dry Brush. This helps us, although you shouldn't
use this technique too much, as it will give us irreversible effects.
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