Arranging Femininity Part III: The Background is still light, but a whole lot better.

Sorry about the poor image quality first of all, my phone camera's been unhappy lately. Anyways, great progress has been made on this project over the past week! I finally got my background values darker and I even began using white for my details. I really enjoyed painting the tulle and the ballerina using small white lines and dots to imply form. it was a cool puzzle to solve. Hopefully, Monday of next week I will be able to start using color and glazing.

The most frustrating thing to paint this week were the nail polish containers. Sure, they're cubes, but they're clear glass with a small trapezoid of color in the middle. My brain struggled to properly process how that could be translated into a 2D image. Also, while using white paint to lighten up some parts of the music box, I was a bit frustrated by its slight cool undertone. It'll be fine though, it will be glazed over with a warm beige-cream color in the coming days, so it doesn't matter.

I hope the painting at least vaguely feels unsettling to outside viewers. I'm not sure how well that feeling is coming across right now. I will be brainstorming to see how it can better be conveyed.