For Erika step 4

The boy's shirt is now basically finished and I continued working on the woman's face. I still have many more glazes of colour before she is done. I decided to do her face first so that I have a reference for the values and skin tones in the painting before I start the boy's face. I want to use as few layers of colour in his face as possible to keep the fresh look of young skin.

For Erika step 3

The background is finished and I worked on the clothing a little. Most of the work was done on starting the woman's face. Still a long way to go on it darkening the values to mould the features. The boy's features are harder to see right now because I lightened them prior to starting the first washes. The lightest colours are there but very hard to see.

For Erika step 2

I have started with the background. There are about 4 different glazes of colour there so far and more to go. I also started the first light washes of colour in the boy's shirt and the shadows in the white blouse on the woman.

For Erika

This is the first step of a new commission I've started. It is 8 x 10". I will still have to do a little tweeking on this as I see the eyes are slightly too large on the boy now that I'm looking at it on the computer screen. I'll correct my drawing and start the background this evening.

Commission finished

After another full day of painting, the commission is finally finished. I'll hand it in tomorrow. I work all weekend but will start drawing out my next commission soon. It will only be an 8 x 10" so I can work on a table rather than the easel. It will give my back and shoulder muscles a rest.

Commission step 10

Another full day of painting. I'll do more this evening but I have to take advantage of the nice weather and go out and do some yard work. Tomorrow will be another full day but the end is in sight.

Commission step 9

I have been painting about 8 hours today. I'll do some more later this evening but it will be bad lighting for taking a photo so I took the photo now. Still lots to go but I'm seeing slightly faster progress now the buildings are mostly done.