Sunday's class at Doll U was with Judy Skeel who taught us Lady Grace. We were a classroom filled with 17 very tired ladies, a bit subdued from all the intense days of doll-making. But we learned a new way to turn fingers (trick is to use Grrrip glue for strength and to lightly moisten stuck fingers when turning). I'm not sure if any of us really got her finished that day. I still have to put in the armature and stuffing for the fingers/arms. But I couldn't wait til then to show you what I was working on. Here she is on pins and needles quite literally.
A closeup of the almost finished head (still needs a bit of eyelashes and refinement, but she's pretty doggone close) and a shot of her in the beginning stages of shading. Hmm, now that I'm looking back at the pictures I believe that I have a tendency not to line up the irises properly. They always seem to turn out a bit cross-eyed or too spread apart. I'll work on that for the next one. Now I would have made life a bit easier for myself if I had used Pimatex or some other equally tightly woven cotton for her head. But I decided that a batik would be more pleasing as skintone. After all we're not one shade of color but many different ones mixed together. Perhaps the best solution would be to get some of the Pimatex PFD and then dye it mottled shades of peach? I'll let you know if I try that out.
