The Face

Remember what the face of the gypsy looked like? She had several cracks around her right eye, well, let me tell ya...the worst one to repair was the one that went from the right eye to the left. The edge of the finish had started to curl upward so no matter how many coats of paint I hand rubbed or how many times I sanded, it wasn't enough. There was a constant shadow. I snapped a picture of the first layer of paint, all the cracks did fair except the darn one in the middle.

Needless to say...it took about 12 to 15 layers of paint before I was satisfied with how she looked. These are the same cracks on her one hand, they didn't fair so well with the coats of paint as I discovered the more I slathered on the more to definition of the fingers, disappeared. *sigh*

Did I mention my boudoir doll is marked? It has a W-K- and something that either is a inches mark or at one time, the number 14. I'll have to do some research on them.

I did not retouch her eyes except to paint lower lashes, the red corner dot and line the upper lid, there was not anything wrong with her eyes except for a little dust.

I'm so happy with her color, her base was beautiful to work with and it was hard for me to stop working on her. I haven't even paid to many visits to my blogger friends! Not to worry I'll be around soon.

You would have to know where she had cracks to see the flaws as they are slight.

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