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Monster High repaint tutorial — Description
I sketch numerous concepts before I touch a doll, my confidence comes with planning. This is a Monster High Twyla (13 Wishes) repaint. My first color mingling session is all about figuring out her natural palette. We’ve got greens, greys, blues, and purples.

Final color scheme:
Yellow eyes
Yellow and green eyeshadow
Light pink lips, and equally light cheek blushing
After I know my scheme I can plan out the steps. If I’m doing fine lines any soft pastel should be done before it unless the line will be blended (ie: the lip crease). My first layer takes the longest since I’m planning proportions.

Layer 1:
Blue base to eyebrow
Red eye line, crease line, nose line
White base to lip and eye
White top cheek, fourth eye, chin, nose tip

Layer 2:
Black brow stroke
Mint for brow, fade to skin
Red lip line darken
Pink from red lip
Red cornea line
Crease darken
Black shadow lid
Blue shadow lid
Yellow iris and eyeball shading
Pink blushing

Layer 3:
Blush fading to eyebrow
White eyebrow strokes
Yellow & green shadow
Whiten crease
Push eyeball values
Pinker lips, add blue top lip
Blush push
Eyelashes
Whiten Eyeballs

Layer 4:
Push all values
White lip lines
Before I start painting or blushing I basecoat my doll, protecting the surface from staining and providing tooth for my medium. I do three or four clear coats before I start the first layer. I do another coat between each layer.

It’s important to remember if something doesn’t look right, erase it, and try again. Do not seal it in assuming you can “make it work” because that area will bug you the whole time and you’ll have a lot more work to do later rather than fixing it immediately.

My final layer is varnishing, an overnight sit, then I gloss. Hair styling is the final step.