Repainting doll faces

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“Some people are scared by the realism of my dolls. They find them terrifying.”

After sculpting the doll face you’re happy with, there’s another hurdle to overcome - bringing it to life with painting. I see some doll makers and students of mine struggle with this. Painting could make your sculpture look livelier, more realistic. So how to achieve that? Today I want to share som

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A brief overview and instructions for doll repainting, with many tips and photo examples.

Dolls are a beloved toy out there and most kids love to play with them, although sometimes, people take their fondness for dolls into adulthood and never grow out of them. It is quite trendy today to recreate dolls and repaint their faces to make them look more detailed and realistic, and that is exactly what Spanish artist José Francisco Cerezo Roldan does.

A brief overview and instructions for doll repainting, with many tips and photo examples.

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