Miss Havisham Base.

HAVISHAM
Mean Time (1998) 

Beloved sweetheart bastard. Not a day since then 

I haven’t wished him dead. Prayed for it
so hard I’ve dark green pebbles for eyes,
ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with.

Spinster. I stink and remember. Whole days
in bed cawing Nooooo at the wall; the dress
yellowing, trembling if I open the wardrobe;
the slewed mirror, full-length, her, myself, who did this

to me? Puce curses that are sounds not words.
Some nights better, the lost body over me,
my fluent tongue in its mouth in its ear
then down till I suddenly bite awake. Love’s

hate behind a white veil; a red balloon bursting
in my face. Bang. I stabbed at a wedding-cake.
Give me a male corpse for a long slow honeymoon.
Don’t think it’s only the heart that b-b-b-breaks.

 Copyright Carol Ann Duffy, 1993

This poem has inspired my palette for my base! The poem is obviously about Miss Havisham it is a monologue spoken by Miss Havisham not in the book. The poem uses adjectives like colours. This is what has helped inspire my spectrum of colours for my base. The poem mentions the colours "Green,Puce,White and Red". Although I would mainly like to use different shades of brown, I would like to play about with these four colours.

Here is a simple base using the colors. White, brown and a brawny green.I used  brown and greeny brown under the eyes. This using brown and green together creates this sickly colour. I also used a warm red at the top of the nose inner corner of the eyes. I quite liked this look as a starting point. However my base is not finished yet.The texture looks matte and quite soft I think I would like my chaercter to look more rough.

I have developed my look by using more than one shade of foundation to create dimension. I used a white foundation on the inside of my face and used a darker shade on the temples and edge of my jawline. I blended the colours well so it did not look theatrical.I then used an almond brown around the eyes and on the corners of lips to give a sickly look. I wanted the face to be pale as Miss Havisham stayed inside all day which would mean that the lack of sunlight would make her skin go pale.I mixed in a brownish green eye shadow with the almond color.