Another Schoenhut doll

 

This head has arrived with most of it's paint already removed.

It had had a poor repaint but, unfortunately, when the repaint was removed, there was essentialy no original paint underneath.

The nose and left eye's contours need rebuilding.

There is lingering bits of dark brown paint and a varity of fillers that should be removed to get to a stable surface for rebuilding and repainting.

Now the head is ready to get gessoed which will seal the bare wood.

First layer of filler and paint and we get this.....

Multiple layers later....

Then a bit more paint.....