First self portrait - hair problems

[Erik]

Hi! This is my first attempt at a self portrait in Painter. The proportions are a little off, and i'm not completely happy with the skin tones... but the hair really sucks (not only that it's too long :) ) i can't paint hair. Drives me crazy even though i did the tutorial...

When i look in the mirror i see all kinds op shades of brownish, reddish beige and even a bit of green in there but if i paint that it simply doesnt work...

How can i get the hair in the same style as the rest and in the right color?



http://www.xs4all.nl/~erikedf/art/wip/self20030402.JPG

[andreasrocha]

Eric, looks quite good to me, especially the hatched skin texture.
I think the main problem is that there is a break between the hair and the forehead, caused mainly by the dark color separating them. The hair also seems a bit blurred.
What I would advise you to do, is to try and transpose the skin-hatch to the hair, that is, shorter hard-edged strokes. Another tip to make the actual head and the hair more cohesive, would be to have some hairs "invading" the forehead; loosen up some of those hair strokes, they look to rigid.
Congrats...

[Crunch]

holy shit man you look just like me almost...dear god i am very afraid now...i will have to show you a self potrait to show you...i have brown hair though...eek! nice though i like it.

[Erik]

:eek: :chug: