Some more highlights on the nose, forehead and cheeks. I also use a soft brush and gently paint some pinks on the skin. I wondered if the tear would look better as a real tear, and it seemed to. I colourpicked the adjoining skin colour and gently brushed that in the middle of the tear. Then I selected the highlight colour and painted it in the shadow layer, for the caustics.
I decided that the only fitting pose for the Pierrot was where it was looking over its shoulder. I did a rough painting of the body and kept painting over it with the background colour, to blend it in. The hair had to fall like mop, dishevelled and wig-like. I painted locks, keeping them a little blurry and adding strong highlights here and there. The shadows are the background colour again, a little more saturated and a little yellow-er. I tried changing the composition a bit, added 2 doves in the background- but I didn't really like it so I kept it out in the final.
Almost there! It needs some handprints on its body. So I used a dark red and paint hands on the back. Then I selected the skin tone and gently painted over the handprints, thus erasing it. Also worked a little more on the edges of the hair.
Added some snow and a border. I blurred the snowflakes a bit, to give the illusion of depth. I also had the hair on another layer, so I pulled it down a bit, so that the hair looks messier. And done!
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