

It was thus time to begin the painting. I sketched it straight onto the canvas with a mechanical pencil then did a thin coat of gel medium and gesso. Once that had dried, I applied a thinned coat of yellow ochre.

From there I embellished the darks, first with burnt Sienna, then for the deepest darks I used burnt umber. And I finished up with some Naples yellow to bring back the brightest areas.

And now, its ready for color.