Faceups Did my first face up!

This is a great first faceup! As for shaky hands, I find that bracing my elbow or wrist on something helps a lot with stability. I found a random foam block in my craft supplies that I like to use, but anything that can help support the arm should work!

 

I’d suggest a relaxing technique you can probably find something on the net to help guide you. painting a doll face should be relaxing in itself.

 

Sometimes it is the tension on making the first stroke with the brush can make you tense your fingers/limbs. I recently read a tip about practicing your brush strokes on eggshells... the texture is similar to a sprayed head and is curved so great for practicing brush strokes. Today I have tried this for the first time.... painted several strokes on the egg first and also after dipping brush into the paint/ink I do one brush stroke on the egg to remove excess paint and to practice the stroke on the head. Seemed to help me