Just slapping some colour around. I’m not sure I’ll be able to get posts out this week because I’ve decided to tackle an ambitious painting! It’s for @mystrade-valentines, so it won’t get posted until February, but I’m starting early to make sure it is done on time.

Here’s a teeny little progress shot of a painting that appears in the background of my painting. Meta much?

The shot on the left is my initial flat colour. I’ve been finding it helpful when I begin a painting to lay down rough chunks of colour approximating the figures/layouts/clothes etc. It’s been helping me check proportions and because it’s just quickly slapped down colour I don’t feel married to it should I have to make big changes.

The shot on the right is just over half-way done. Honestly, a quarter of the painting will be covered up so I don’t know why I bothered painting the whole thing?

I’m using a screen cap for reference for the background and the figure is a combination of photos for reference.