Hello everyone!

I would like to show you a project I did somewhat fast in oils as a gift. It is a bust of Mahatma Gandhi from 2Dreamers. The project was a good stretch of muscles after Priscilla, as this was good practice in mixing darker skin. But, I think that I've failed in this. Mixing a skin tone, which is not caucasian and should represent a living man is pretty hard for me. As I did the figure in oils my biggest issues were in the highlights - how to show contrast and not just do the figure in white. So I redid the highlights multiple times and got to a point where I was satisfied. The white robe was fairly straightforward but it showed me that I should go even deeper with my shadow colours and then don't worry, as the oils can create good blends.

The biggest issue I had was with varnishing. I think I did not let it set for long so I varnished it and when I wanted to add more edge highlight and texture the paint was crumbling. So I tried to save it by removing a little bit of paint and adding white and calling it good.

The photos were quickly captured and I think it looks better irl, which is what matters to me.

Thank you for reading my ramblings.

Take care!