Ballet Dancer

Onerom1945

All,
I am 75% done with this Dancer. The image is from a photo.  The canvas is 4'x 4'.

I have several questions;

1- The dress fabric. I believe the fabric is called "Toile", (the same fabric as a Tutu) is not coming out well.
    The fabric does not read as a sheet see-thru fabric. I know with oil it will not read completely as see-thru,
     but I am hoping for shading that the dress reads as see-thru.

2- Skin tone. I am using; white, yellow ochre and cadmium red. Not enough red cad?

3- All comments and suggestions are very welcome.

4- I hope all you artists are safe and washing your hands and showering more then once a month.

5- Best Regards to all and thanks for the assist.

David

oilpainter1950

If we could see the photo you are working from, it would help others make helpful comments.  Are you color checking?

Onerom1945

All, for those of you that wanted to see the photos of the Ballet Dancer. 
The one on the right is the image I started with. The one on the left is the colors I like best.
I tried to combine the two.
Thanks again for any assitance.
David

BOB73

The photo on the left is a lot more blue an the lighting gives the dress the sheer appearance you described but less so than the right photo. It would be a mistake to try using both photos. Paint the dress like you would paint glass- stop thinking of the dress as a 3-dimensional object and paint the two dimensional forms that combine to make the dress. Your flesh tones will need to have more dark-darker values but they may not read right for the bluish light of the dress and floor. add some primary yellow to the ocher and try sienna or a different red. Cad Red is too strong and difficult to get subtlety.  

oilpainter1950

Carefully pay attention to the shadows and the color of the shadows.