Little Aubrey - Painting is finished

Finally got the painting done on this sculpt. I think I am starting to become happy with the outcome. After many more layers of air dry paints I think I have got her skin tones and such to where I would like them to be. I may hit some areas with the heat set paints and use the heat gun to set them.

One thing I have learned. You can paint over the air dry with heat set paints but not the other way around. Just like the old saying...Oil and water don't mix well. I tried using the heat set matte varnish as the very first layer to seal the kit and hopefully the matte varnish would grab the paints a bit better. No Go!!! The air dry would not stick. That is where oil and water don't mix well. 

Really need to get a new oven. I miss using heat set paints. I gave air dry paints another chance and still don't like them for painting a reborn. Just can't get the effect with air dry like you can with heat set.

Here she is all painted and has the lines marked on her head with chalk to start her rooting. :) If she turns out like I vision her to turn out...She will be up for sale in my Etsy Shop --- Keeping fingers crossed. I will not sell a reborn doll if I see one thing wrong with it. In my eyes the baby needs to be PERFECT!!!! :)

Time to give this little girl some hair. I am going to use a baby brown colored mohair and this mohair has some curl to it. Still contemplating if I am going to hand root her eyelashes or give her fake ones. I find the fake lashes make some sculpts look too dolly. Still thinking.

Took forever to get this skin tone. I have lost count on how many layers of paint I have on this baby. I am thinking way over 75 layers. 

Still need to tweak the lips. Not happy with the lip color.