…about my last post, specifically what “blocking in the first layer” means.
I thought it was a great question, so here are three photographs of the painting process and two reference photos to show how I focus on the big shapes, colors, and areas of light and dark.
It’s big brush strokes (for me) and trying to get as much information down without spending time obsessing about details or filling in each and every crevice.
To help this along, I even blur my reference photograph so I don’t have that information to paint in, as shown in the next two images.
Now that the first layer is done, I stare at it for a week or two, then sand it smooth and paint it again. The first layer is like a rough draft, while in the second I sweat the details and make it realistic as possible.
