Marsya's first attempt at sheer cloth 50188 Sleeping Beauty, Warning lots of pics

[Marsya]

The title says it all I decided to try sheer cloth. I have wanted to try some since I took Rhonda's class for Painting Sheer cloth at Gen Con two years ago, but haven't felt brave enough to actually do it. Well if I want to get better I have to try more things, so here we go. 

 

Since this is new to me I figured I would post a WIP for advice and encouragement. Not to mention if I completely mess it up (which I likely will) maybe someone can learn from my mistakes.

 

I already had Sleeping Beauty primed and ready to go I managed to prep her back in January. So last night I painted up her flesh. While my flesh tones were still in the palette I blocked in her sheet with flesh. Here are the photos which since it isn't actually showing any naughty bits I hope they are ok to post.

 

So tonight I grabbed her and glass of wine, and took a photo in true Dontfear fashion.

 

Then onto painting some cloth color. Since I used Burgundy Wine for her skin shadow I felt it would work for her cloth as well and Auberon's Dark Sword Sorceress inspired me to use purple. I mixed in a touch of pale violet and a tiny bit of linen white for the base coat and then took to blocking it in.

 

At this point I googled purple sheer lingerie to get a feel for how purple looks against the skin and took my basecoat and mixed it with fair skin. With a fairly thinned down paint I used this to cover the skin parts to make it look as if a layer of fabric was over it.

 

After this step it figured I better try to blend my mess so I mixed a few steps in between and also a higher step with linen white added to try to bring out the flesh parts a bit more.

Here is as far as I got with her tonight.

 

She needs more blending around the flesh parts then I am hoping working shadows and highlights onto the purple will help convey the look of sheer as I am worried now the cloth just looks highlighted rather than sheer. 

 

Thanks all for reading and hopefully helping me on this journey of sheer cloth.

[ub3r_n3rd]

She's looking amazing! Keep at it a bit more.

[pcktlnt]

Looking nice. Can't wait for the final outcome. Out of curiosity, are you going to paint the areas where the fabric touches the bed? From what it looks like, the fabric is extremely sheer and would make sense that it would show the color of the bed sheet where it touches the bed. 

 

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Bed? Bench? I'm not sure what she's sleeping on. Cushions. XD

Edited March 12, 2015 by pcktlnt

[Marsya]

Looking nice. Can't wait for the final outcome. Out of curiosity, are you going to paint the areas where the fabric touches the bed? From what it looks like, the fabric is extremely sheer and would make sense that it would show the color of the bed sheet where it touches the bed. 

 

--- edit ---

Bed? Bench? I'm not sure what she's sleeping on. Cushions. XD

Thank you. I plan on completing her unless I throw her out the window first. But the cushion will be the same purple similar to a sheet set but where it overlaps the stone it will have to show gray which I did base in but it is hard to see in the photos. But I haven't worked much on the fabric other than the skin parts. I thought about making the bed sheet a different color but I think that would be too much to wrap my head around at this point.

Do you think it makes sense that the sheer purple ontop of another of the same color would behave like cloth normally with highlights and shadows?

[SGHawkins09]

Wow, she is looking beautiful. Your skin tones are amazing and you have done a fantastic job with the fabric. And now to add another mini to my cart.

[pcktlnt]

 

Looking nice. Can't wait for the final outcome. Out of curiosity, are you going to paint the areas where the fabric touches the bed? From what it looks like, the fabric is extremely sheer and would make sense that it would show the color of the bed sheet where it touches the bed. 

 

--- edit ---

Bed? Bench? I'm not sure what she's sleeping on. Cushions. XD

Thank you. I plan on completing her unless I throw her out the window first. But the cushion will be the same purple similar to a sheet set but where it overlaps the stone it will have to show gray which I did base in but it is hard to see in the photos. But I haven't worked much on the fabric other than the skin parts. I thought about making the bed sheet a different color but I think that would be too much to wrap my head around at this point.

Do you think it makes sense that the sheer purple ontop of another of the same color would behave like cloth normally with highlights and shadows?

 

I would think so, since the colors would overlap each other. I'm basing this all from the opacity option in Photoshop. If one layers low opacity pictures over each other, the dark colors darken and the bright colors lighten.

 

If anything, one could test out the theory by heading to a fabric store and picking a sheer cloth and folding it on itself. ^__^

[Kuro Cleanbrush]

Excellent work so far!  It definitely looks like you're on the right track, and I'm pretty sure that moving all the way up to Linen White is exactly what you need to see the fabric.

[Leader of the Rats]

Looks great so far, the only problem I see is the fabric not showing through whatever its laying on since you haven't painted it yet (the bed)

[Auberon]

Great start!  I'm looking forward to seeing this progress.

Then onto painting some cloth color. Since I used Burgundy Wine for her skin shadow I felt it would work for her cloth as well and Auberon's Dark Sword Sorceress inspired me to use purple. I mixed in a touch of pale violet and a tiny bit of linen white for the base coat and then took to blocking it in.

 Yay purple!

At this point I googled purple sheer lingerie to get a feel for how purple looks against the skin and took my basecoat and mixed it with fair skin. With a fairly thinned down paint I used this to cover the skin parts to make it look as if a layer of fabric was over it.

You don't need google. Just get your husband a sheer purple pirate shirt and make him model for you!  Or if you currently lack one or those you could dress up your pool boy instead. 

 

Sigh... why don't you ever hear about any pool girls. 

[Marsya]

Great start!  I'm looking forward to seeing this progress.

At this point I googled purple sheer lingerie to get a feel for how purple looks against the skin and took my basecoat and mixed it with fair skin. With a fairly thinned down paint I used this to cover the skin parts to make it look as if a layer of fabric was over it.

You don't need google. Just get your husband a sheer purple pirate shirt and make him model for you!  Or if you currently lack one or those you could dress up your pool boy instead. 

 

Sigh... why don't you ever hear about any pool girls. 

Well I currently do not own a sheer pirate shirt of any color, but I do have some other sheer items not sure if they will fit him though.

[Dontfear]

I think you are doing great!  higher highlights in the purple will see it better and cleaning up some of the blending will help but its starting to look pretty convincing. 

 

ETA: I appreciate the shoutout.  really, its important to have the proper tools for a job :P

Edited March 12, 2015 by Dontfear

[aku-chan]

Wow, that looks amazing!

 

Especially for a first attempt.

[Corporea]

lovely!  And a great color choice- it gives enough contrast with the skin to sell the sheer effect!

[Edsterdoom]

Great looking work on this model.

[Chaoswolf]

Oh, wow. I've always wanted to try this, but I'm pretty positive I'd foul it up. I can't wait to see how your effort turns out.