Wait a minute...

I did realize that I had completely lost the original drawing under all that digital paint.  The drawing gives the character, well, character!  I quickly got rid of that paint layer and did a very light coat of paint (at 2%).  I must not lose that drawing!  For examples of what I'm explaining you can visit Todd Harris' work at http://hog-heaven.blogspot.com/ .  He only has thick patches of paint in certain areas, and then it fades off into the original line drawing.  This is the effect I am trying to achieve.  Unfortunately I'm still heavy-handed in Painter.

Self Assignment Progress

This is just light coloring in Painter.  I want to keep the coats thin so I can still see some of the drawing underneath.   I have a tendency to go really thick in Painter, and it doesn't look as nice.  I want to give the original drawing some credit.  I'm applying flesh tones as Don Seegmiller advised - with the warm/golden tons on the forehead, red in the middle zone, and cooler colors on the bottom of the face.  She's looking a bit anime-ish at the moment with the eyes, but I'm planning on fixing that.  I want there to be more depth to this little painting. 

Self Assignment #1

     I've decided this blog is going to be way more casual, since I FINALLY have an official  website.  I'm going to post works in progress and any little thing I may be working on.  Since my office job has an excess of post-it notes I have several little drawings on them.  I blew this one up on the scanner, ready to add color in Painter.  I've been reading Don Seegmiller for new painting techniques.  Hopefully I can get to this one soon!