After a somewhat less-than-sure start, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! The face is now about 85% done and I couldn't be more pleased!!
As anyone who has attempted a likeness of Elsa Lanchester knows, this is advanced portraiture! Few if any of the commercial likeness truly do her justice: most appear to rely on one one or two trademark features to carry the day. In her role as the Bride, this is usually pared down to her hairdo and her eyes and/or full lips. But while these provide three of the four critical anchors for the exercise, they alone will not provide a convincing likeness.
I hope to be able to post images of the all-but-completed face by week's end. If all proceeds as planned, all that will remain to finish the head will be reworking the hairdo. It is the tousled fullness of the latter that provides the keystone to the alluring beauty that it frames.
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