I've deviated a bit from what I originally specified in my previous post because I determined I had better colors for what I wanted to do. First I block out the eyes with the charred brown. Then I layer on the filthy brown to create the iris, which for lizards fills the entire visible area of the eye. I finish it off by painting in the pupil with RMS Brown Liner. I could get fancy and add a drop of white for a light catch but I'm actually going to do something different to get that effect later. With that done I focus on the mouth. For that I simply filled in the recesses with RMS Crimson Red, then layered on pink for the tongue, and the blonde highlight for the teeth. It's not 100% clean but will do for now.
Ok now it's time to deal with shading and highlights on the remainder of the model and then I will be 90% done. To get a good reference for the placement of light and shadow I took pictures from different angles with the model under my work light:
This is more or less how I start laying out the paints on the palette for shadows:
The top reds are going to be for the majority of the model that is to read red. There will also be oranges that I will mix on the other side of the spectrum. The bottom row of colors was an attempt to shade down the khaki with RMS Muddy Brown. I think it dulls the color down too much so I will likely use something else.
At this point my process becomes more organic and I won't be explaining a whole lot of what I am doing. Mostly I simply focus on creating the lights and shadows using the colors I selected and I may decide to pull additional colors into the mix for added effect.
Here is where I am leaving off on this tonight with some rough shading/highlighting done. Hopefully in the next few days I can get to the finishing touches.
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