Glazing the narrative portrait

While working in between making the cast, I begin glazing my portrait from the narrative project with Christy Keeney!

Head after

biscuit firing

With the front and back of the piece I used under glazed black and washed it off so that it would settle into the crevices. I wet the overall object and then applied this to the hair, eyebrows,eyes and jumper

Back view

I was working with undergalze colours which act like watercolors. I used bright colours in the back round as it is a portrait of a young child.

Texture and detail in the jumper

I found that the black was a bit old looking for a child like piece, so I applies brown to give extra tones into the hair. I also apllied this into the creases on the facial areas, eyes and ears and gently brushed onto the skin and washed it off. I wanted very light tone colours on the face.

back view

Close up view of the face

Im still undecided weather or nto to keep it matt, although the gloss would also give it a child like look too.