Aesthetics First faceup after 5 years out of the hobby!

So this is obviously not my first faceup ever, because I used to offer a faceup service when I was last in the hobby about 5 years ago (and looking back they were not that great...). It was honestly both harder and not as hard as I remember it being.







The head is one of the original Minifee girls, although I can't remember the name of sculpt off hand. I used pastels, watercolour pencils and a small amount of black gouache.

Any tips on keeping pastel shading smooth and clean would be appreciated! I'm completely new to using watercolour pencils, and the ones I have are about mid-range quality. I definitely think I need more practice in keeping them smooth and less messy ^^;

 

Thank you! yes, I think you're right about the lips... I need to buy some gloss, so hopefully that will improve and tidy it up a bit ^_^

Thank you! I try and add interesting things like beauty marks and moles... it just takes practice :3 get a cheap sculpt (and not a box full of heads like I do, good lord) and just keep trying new things until you discover your own way of doing faceups! It can be time consuming, but very fun

 

Thank you Etheldreda ^^ I've actually completely wiped that faceup and done it all again from scratch, I'm much happier with the final result! It takes a bit of time to get used to layering pastels and watercolour pencils :3