Semi-gloss faces/hands

I simply leave mine flat. I've heard of some folks rubbing a finger on their forehead then on the figure. If you get your highlights and shadows right, you shouldn't need this.

In her step by step article/thread on the painting of The Last of the Mohicans, Marion Ball uses no glosses, though there are some oils used for finla touches. Click here for details.

Thanks for that link, I just added it to my favorites list.  I think I'll add some "head" oil to a scrap figure face first.  Reminds me of a Med. cruise I was on in 1968, some of the marines I was with who smoked pipes rubbed the wood in the crease where nose meets face, said it "lubricated the wood".  I don't know about that, but it made the outside shinier.  Some of the odd things you see in "the crotch".

                 thanks.....................    G.L.