Random midweek experiments: I wondered if I’d be able to get a smooth blend from quite dark to quite bright going brown-to-ivories, without resorting to an airbrush. I think the answer is definitely ’no’, at least with this approach. It gives its own effect though, the scratchiness of it could probably be read as weathering? I’ll have to give stippling a try.
Six macro shots of the lower leg of a Little Man™️ showing different stages in an attempt at blending a curved volume. The first shows nine discrete bands of colour with a bright ivory as the main central highlight, falling off to dark brown for the shadows. The successive images show attempts to blend these stripes together. The final image still shows quite a scratchy, streaky transition.
