When I root I do not leave any spot with no hair. For the swirl I fill in all my sections then when brushing I style it and brush it “up and around”
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Dampen it and brush it away from the swirl so it’s out of the way then root more to close the gap
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I struggle with swirls. I know one day I will get it right. I am making progress with rooting. Not perfect yet but I keep trying.
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You and me both. I’m struggling with it and I hate it but I want to learn because rooted hair is so pretty.
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Don’t try to create a complete circle, do it more like a 6 and a 9 or two hooks facing opposite ways like this
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Thank you!
Haven’t painted for a while so started some babies and now it’s raining and too dark lol. I loooove Marita’s baby- she is so precious!!! Hard to paint though because there are so many creases and each part is connected to the other. I didn’t want her to end up with start and stop lines so I kind of did her whole body and held onto her head (she’s heavy!) then blew dry. Not sure if I will continue like that or not… also doing a June test head and still had paint so pulled out a Megan head. I am reaching for the weirdest stuff. I have LE’s but I am drawn to other stuff right now…
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I ditched the swirl and mono rooting. I’ve been allowing two hairs or one. I chose a pinwheel pattern.
I feel like I should enjoy this process rather than force a skill level I don’t have yet. I can practice the swirl on a practice piece later and try it again once I’m more well versed with it.
Now that I eliminated the stress part, I’m loving rooting him again! The end goal is a beautiful baby someone will be happy to own. I’d rather a pinwheel pattern of wonderful rooting than great rooting and a messed up swirl.
Now that his hair on top is getting thicker I’m seeing my vision for him coming together. 
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Illustration to show chalk pencil lines still in place
I want to show a picture of the hair dry. I will wash the chalk off when glue is dry. I still have more rooting. I am proud of myself for sticking with it. All the advice I received was awesome.
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I root everything toward the swirl and root it last… I don’t leave a spot without hair…
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I’m glad you are sticking to it too! This looks pretty good! I’m gonna use my chalk pencils with vinyl. No use in throwing them away.
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Every new baby looks better and better!
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Thank you. They will work on vinyl.
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Thank you.
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I’m working on rooting Grumpy, painting Tiffany, and I picked up another vinyl kit to paint since my table is empty of vinyl painting. I picked Katy by Iveta Fckertova. She has like 3 layers of skin tone and you barely see it. I’ve got two more to out on before I start some shading. I’m making an olive tone baby because her color was beautiful blank and lends well to a darker tone.
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On that color vinyl I just go straight to mottling. Forget the flesh
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Well, I want her darker so I figured I’d add some of that before mottling. The color of this vinyl is exquisite!
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And who is she? 
Lol, I really think her kit name suits her. At least it does this version. Celeste.
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