Bed Spread (Patreon)

I was supposed to upload this last month. But I held off because I expected to have more to post and I was going to upload it together.
I didn't have more to post after all.

Well anyway, this was one of my favorite sketches from months back, so I decided to finish it.  I painted it in black and white, because frankly, it's just easier that way. I can get so much more from the values without worrying how the colors look. And then I colorize it. Tried to get softer looking skin by mixing two skin tones together with fine texture. The base tone is more yellowish. And Which looks dead and lifeless. Then the second tone is more pinkish. And I used a sponge brush to dab large splotches, then used a smaller brush for smaller blotches, then a smaller brush for fine grainy splotches. And the desired effect is to create that indistinct pattern of fleshy color below the skin.  It shouldn't even be noticeable if I did it right.  I want to try it again.