I keep working on the background now while the face layers are drying. I go back and forth like this giving time for each area to dry so it doesn’t make a mess. I add some mountains from a photo I took in the alps, (one of my favorite places). I’m also adding a pine tree forest in the distance with a mixture of purple and green, while the mountains are painted with purple, green, and blue, leaving a white space for the snowy peaks. The lake is a mixture of green and blue.
We add in a little blue in the sky just because I want the snowy mountains peaks to show. It’s important not to make it too dark if we are already going to do a night sky around her. We want the contrast and for the orb surrounding her to remain lighter.
Then I finally add some detail to her face. With my thin round brush and a mixture of purple and brown (you can also mix the purple with green or blue to make a neutral dark color), I add some lashes, eyebrows, define her lips and face line, and her fingers. I added some drips as tears of healing too, (this is totally optional, and up to you how you want to portray your girl’s emotions)
Next I add some branches in the foreground to indicate the pine trees and I also define the pine tree forest a bit in the distance on the left. For the foreground branches on the right I make a layer with green gold and drop some darker green into it on the outer edge before it dries. Once it’s then dry I add an indication of pine needles with the same darker green.