Celebrían finished (Patreon)

Paints used:
Naples Yellow, Raw Umber, Lavender (Mijello)
Ultramarine Blue (Sennelier)
Dragon's Blood (Maimeri)

The Naples Yellow and Lavender are both quite opaque, "chalky" colours whose combination results in this pastel look here. 

With this piece there comes a bitter realisation: I can no longer paint detail in faces if they're this small. Not even with a magnifying glass. I just can't get in a sharp enough image anymore. I had had a faint hope that the holidays would improve my eyes - and we're had two wonderfully relaxing days, with eating out and having fun at the park, sleeping in, watching the X-Files and breakfast on the terrace - but the blind spot is worse than ever. 

I'm at a loss of what that'll mean for my art. Of course I can always go larger and less detailed, but that isn't what makes me happy. With this one, I fixed the face in Photoshop (and it's sort of okay on the original, after I'd gone in three times with white gouache and coloured pencil for greater control, and then just forced myself to leave it at some point); I could enlarge the face in the lineart stage and then do less detail with paint; but it's a bit of a blow. :/