Sassan
By using art reproductions - as a guide only - I was able - a bit - to tone down a constrasty image done with the muted gold material.
Here is a link that I used to help with this image. I now the subject is flowers, but I used the principles of going part by part to try to tone this contrasty subject down. On the left side are images for study as well as this main one.
http://artpapa.net/component/option,...per/Itemid,77/
Here is the link to the main forum site
http://www.artpapa.com/forums/index.php
Norm D