This lady obviously spent a good deal of time (or money) getting her hair done for this shot, so we need to make it look nice. It's red hair, so the color can be a bit tricky, but we can make it work. The best way is to start with a medium value and then paint darks and lights on top of it. This is a good technique for painting in general. In this instance, PMS 730 was a good choice. To add a bit of red, use a range from 4695 to 4755 to paint in the light and dark values. You can use the same brush for all of this, but some areas on the hair might need a bit of a softer edge. Photoshop has a great selection of chalk and pencil brush shapes that should work. The key here is to paint with very light pressure, gradually building up the color. After a bit of painting, you can pick colors right from the image (hold down ALT/OPT to temporarily get the Eye Dropper) instead of going back to the PMS library. For the highlights, use 123 as before and change that layer's Blend mode to Screen.
It's looking good, but something is still missing. In the photo, there are some really intense highlights on the top of her hair that really give it a golden sheen. We need to try and replicate that. Use PMS 471 for some intense, reddish-orange color. Blend modes can help give the look we need, but Screen just doesn't quite cut it here. If you really want some intense highlights or luminosity, a good mode to try is Color Dodge; it's like Screen on steroids. That's a bit better, but too intense. Try lowering the Opacity and Fill to tone it down. For some reason, Fill works a bit differently from Opacity here. It tends to give some saturated color as it gets more transparent. I ended up with an Opacity of 80% and a Fill of 70%. As a final step, one which I almost forgot as I was working on this illustration, she needs a suggestion of ears and hair right next to the face. Work on a layer behind the skin and paint a hint of an earlobe on the left (her right) side of the face and some darker shadows.
You may have noticed that I didn't quite finish the neck area, but there is a necklace that needs to be painted in. Make a new layer above the skin layers and paint the overall shape in PMS 428. Add some Inner and Outer Glows and a Drop Shadow to make it stand out. They should all be using Multiply mode and the Outer Glow should be quite subtle. Paint the details on a new layer clipped to this base layer. For the little specular highlights, work on a new layer in Color Dodge mode. Paint with a light cool grey to add that little sparkle of light. These are the fun things to paint; we artists love stuff like this. Tune in next time when we turn our attention to the clothes.
This lady obviously spent a good deal of time (or money) getting her hair done for this shot, so we need to make it look nice. It's red hair, so the color can be a bit tricky, but we can make it work. The best way is to start with a medium value and then paint darks and lights on top of it. This is a good technique for painting in general. In this instance, PMS 730 was a good choice. To add a bit of red, use a range from 4695 to 4755 to paint in the light and dark values. You can use the same brush for all of this, but some areas on the hair might need a bit of a softer edge. Photoshop has a great selection of chalk and pencil brush shapes that should work. The key here is to paint with very light pressure, gradually building up the color. After a bit of painting, you can pick colors right from the image (hold down ALT/OPT to temporarily get the Eye Dropper) instead of going back to the PMS library. For the highlights, use 123 as before and change that layer's Blend mode to Screen.
It's looking good, but something is still missing. In the photo, there are some really intense highlights on the top of her hair that really give it a golden sheen. We need to try and replicate that. Use PMS 471 for some intense, reddish-orange color. Blend modes can help give the look we need, but Screen just doesn't quite cut it here. If you really want some intense highlights or luminosity, a good mode to try is Color Dodge; it's like Screen on steroids. That's a bit better, but too intense. Try lowering the Opacity and Fill to tone it down. For some reason, Fill works a bit differently from Opacity here. It tends to give some saturated color as it gets more transparent. I ended up with an Opacity of 80% and a Fill of 70%. As a final step, one which I almost forgot as I was working on this illustration, she needs a suggestion of ears and hair right next to the face. Work on a layer behind the skin and paint a hint of an earlobe on the left (her right) side of the face and some darker shadows.
You may have noticed that I didn't quite finish the neck area, but there is a necklace that needs to be painted in. Make a new layer above the skin layers and paint the overall shape in PMS 428. Add some Inner and Outer Glows and a Drop Shadow to make it stand out. They should all be using Multiply mode and the Outer Glow should be quite subtle. Paint the details on a new layer clipped to this base layer. For the little specular highlights, work on a new layer in Color Dodge mode. Paint with a light cool grey to add that little sparkle of light. These are the fun things to paint; we artists love stuff like this. Tune in next time when we turn our attention to the clothes. 
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