I started the centre very confidently sponging some dark green to give texture and a sense of the shape which is ovoid. I had already drawn some wax pastel marks to suggest the white hairs. Then I painted and over-painted and generally messed up. And I thought it was horrible. But because the colours are transluscent and could be lifted, after it had dried, I wet the whole area with clean water and mopped up and managed to pick up quite a lot of excess pigment using a tissue. Some paints … [Read more...]