I made a pretty good start of things, although I was a little cranky that I couldn't find my gel medium and had to use Uhu:
I turned up the contrast there so you could see how bright it looked before I toned it down.
Once the glaze dried, I added a figure that I was totally in love with. We're talking smitten. I would have worn this one's class ring all day.
Then I had to add hair. I don't know why hair screws me up, but it does. I added hair that I hated, and then I had to cover it up, and then suddenly, I was doing a modern Bride of Frankenstein. Even while I was doing her, I wasn't too sure how I felt about that.
Once I finished, I definitely did not feel happy with the composition or the overall look. BOO!
Today, I worked on her some more. She's still not ringing my bell, but she's better. It's the Bride, v3.2 (with space for notes).
I wanted to add a cigarette on the left (our right) side of her mouth, as if one side needed oxygen and the other side just needed a damn smoke. I'm too exhausted, though. Five 9x12 canvases in three days is a lot.
Oh! Valuable lesson: Stand the canvas up periodically to look at it the way it will be looked at while it hangs on a wall. Totally different perspective. Very useful - and sometimes mildly shocking.
