Hey, everyone! This is Lomi,
and today I'm painting a sleeping faceplate for Kyt, my Feeple65 Siean.
I started by sealing the doll several times to give me a good base texture and protect the resin,
then I get started with black gouache paint for the eyelid lines.
I use black eyelashes on the open eyed head,
so using the dark paint here helps give me the impression of that. It'll also help hide the
base of the false eyelashes I'll eventually add to this doll, once my order comes in.
My black gouache was a little watery so it ended up feathering a bit at the corner of
one of her eyes, but that's nothing to worry about right now. The best
thing to do is continue on and let that dry completely since this is a water based paint.
Once it's dry, I can wipe it off without smudging anything else.
I use brown gouache between her lips, then get started with her eyebrows.
I have two shapes in mind, one a little more angled and the other a bit more flat,
so I start by trying them both. I don't know what it was about this last batch of faceups I did
but I found eyebrows to be a lot easier than they've been for me previously.
I don't know if I was just having a really good week, since I did them all around the same time,
or if I'm finally hitting my stride as a faceup artist.
They're still not perfect, but I've found they've been taking a lot less revision.
I use the gouache for lines on the upper eyelid too, and I found I liked the more
angled brow a bit better, so I wiped off the flatter one and will stick with that style.
When I did the lines on the eyelid, I think the moisture from the paint wicked toward the eyelid
crease and caused that black gouache to bleed out a bit, but like with the outer corner of the eye,
that's not something I'm going to worry about until it's dry. Gouache is a very
forgiving medium, so it's easy to remove after it's dry but before I continue on.
It just means I'll have to let this head dry very thoroughly before I seal my paint layer,
because any remaining moisture in the paint can cause serious problems with the sealant.
You always want your work to be completely dry before you seal.
I use dark brown gouache for the lower eyelashes,
and I found I had a really good run with eyelashes this time, too. I'm going to call it a good week,
because I'm sure the next time I do a faceup, it'll be a lot harder than this was.
I give the paint several hours to dry before I seal it, then it's time to begin blushing.
I start with peach tones and purples around the eyes.
This one's going to be interesting, because the two faceplates I have for this doll were made five
years apart, so the sleeping face has yellowed considerably when compared to the open eyed plate.
So while the peach blushing worked beautifully on the newer, pinker head, it ends up emphasizing the
more yellow tones of her resin and makes the difference between the two plates a lot more
noticeable. I'm going to have to do some color correction, but I also don't want to overdo it
and match her perfectly to the open-eyed, because the body is also older than the open-eyed plate
I don't want the heads to look like they don't match the body they're on. The peachy tones in the
open-eyed faceup are enough to tie them together, but this one's going to need a little more care.
I use the usual browns in her eyelashes, but then I go back over the peach tones with pink,
and I use much heavier blushing on her cheeks and forehead than I'd usually use. This helps
bring more warmth back to her skin tone, which is the first step to neutralizing that yellow.
The second step is using some pale lavender pastel over almost the entire face.
Since purple is the opposite side of the color wheel from yellow,
it helps reduce the effect of the yellowing. I just have to be mindful not to put it on too
heavily, because while I want to neutralize, I don't want to make her look cold, either.
Ideally, the stronger pink added to her blushing will help offset that.
Just comparing the blushed front of the faceplate to the unblushed interior
shows that the bare resin does look a lot more yellow. The two faceplates don't need to match
each other perfectly in makeup style, but I try to at least keep them similar.
They'll never match color wise unless I airbrush or blush more heavily,
but I think this is enough of a color correction treatment to help bridge the
gap between the two faceplates so it won't be a radically noticeable difference in photos.
Along the way, some dust got caught in the sealant, so I use the tip of a craft knife to
gently pick it out. You can use a pin or needle for this as well, just make sure it's sharp
and use a lifting motion instead of scratching, so the sealant won't show any marks.
After I added the purple for neutralization of the yellow, the purple I put around her
eyes kind of vanished, so I add a little more to help balance it out. Overall, I only did
two layers of blushing on this doll because I want to keep her look very mild and natural.
I use super thin white gouache to add translucent lines to her lips,
use white and gold-toned pearl powder around her eyes,
and after the final two layers of sealant, she gets finished with some satin gloss to her lips.
In the end, her two faceplates are similar enough that I think it works,
and I'm overall happy with the look... although now I like the sleeping plate's eyebrows better,
so there's that. For now, though I'm calling this project finished.
And that's all for today. Thanks for watching!
Bye.