I apologize for the title…I couldn’t help myself.
I really had fun with the highlights in this one. To effect the darkness, I use a blanket layer of 25% opacity black across all color areas. Yesterday, I used shading like I normally do; A layer of 15% opacity and a black brush applied as necessary. Today, I used shading and I also used the eraser tool to remove areas of the 25% opacity blanket black to show highlights and indicate where the candle light falls. The combination of highlights and shading is rudimentary (this is pretty much my first rodeo, here) but I find it satisfactory.
And again, I’m really sorry that I couldn’t help myself…But the title just screamed at me like a heartless banshee which found me at her star-crossed lover’s tomb at midnight on the anniversary of their poison pact. Perhaps that’s a bit extreme, but I had to get the idea out somehow.