Work in progress finale

Last Tuesday I posted the beginnings of a painting for my new book What Can You Do with an Old Red Shoe? here.

As promised here is the second half of the progression of this painting.

Last week we left off here:



Next I built up her bathing suit colors:



Then I worked up the ocean gradations, and layered some brown/pink shades on her fur and the sand:



I came back in with my brown pen and darkened up the outlines, painted the shell, started layering the bucket color:



More work on the bucket, and I went in to clean up and darken the oval border:



Finishing touches added and I greyed out the border a bit:



The painting is at that "mostly done" state where I can't think of anything else to change, but I know I may come back to it later and make some adjustments. So for now I put it aside and start on the next one...

Work in progress: What Can You Do with an Old Red Shoe?

After months and years of sketching, research, and revising, I am at last beginning the paintings for my craft/recycling/poetry book titled What Can You Do with an Old Red Shoe? This is always an exciting step, pulling out the first piece of paper and laying down the first brush strokes in what is going to be months of painting!

Here is a peek at the first painting in progress, I'll post the latter half of the process next week...

The sketch:



Sketch transferred to paper:



Laying down the first washes:



Building up color:



Begin to layer pen and ink outlines:



Building more color: