In progress – painting dark skin

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Painting dark skin is hard.. the sheen on the skin seems to bring out the features whilst the opposite seems to be true with light skin where shadows bring out the features.
Here is my new lady (Ermine) after over 20 layers of acrylic paint
dark skin woman painting in progress joanne seale

And here she is after only 4 layers

dark skin under painting joanne seale

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