For my Miss Havisham interpretation I decided that I wanted to make the skin sweaty with pale and yellow undertones. The skin around the hairline, ears and the side of one lip would be blotchy and dry. Her lips would be dry and flaking off, along with the skin around the hairline and on the ears. Miss Havisham's eyes would be dark from the sleepless nights heartbreak gave her.
I used the Kryolan Supracolour palette to create the blotchy skin. I then added some duo glue on top of this which when dry flakes away. I used a stipple brush to create scratches, as I wanted the hairline to be irritated by her wedding veil.
When rubbing away the glue I need to be careful not to take too much off as it will not look realistic enough for camera. Once the glue has been rubbed away I touched up the red colour and added some neutral tones to create the different stages of dry skin. As you can see here, the eyes are dark and sweaty. This would signify the state of the skin from the oil lamps.
I wanted to add a dry area around the lip to make the dry lips stand out more, looking more authentic. For this, I had to build up the layers, leave to dry and then add more. I only rubbed away a little bit to make the look more subtle. As you can see the lips have a blue tinge to them showing how cold and dry they would be.
For my final look I will fade out the eyebrows with either dry shampoo or grey spray placed onto a mascara wand. Her hair will also be grey with a veil. The veil will be tea died to create the yellowing look that the material would have after years with no sunlight. I think I need to build up the sweat more so that it is more obvious on camera.
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