Hey again folks,

I made a start on this one last night whilst watching telly with a few beers. The piece is called Enchantment and it's from Nocturna in 70mm. I've not done much so far; she's primed with Halfords white and I've done a little work on her leather waistcoat. More to follow, thanks for tuning in



Comments and critique are very welcome

Hi Billy

Are you going to keep to the predominant blue colours of the box illustration or do you intend to use a different colour scheme?

Mark

I'm using the boxart pics as reference Mark but by the time I'm finished you probably won't be able to tell

When painting my figure, I found it difficult to achieve sufficient contrast between the blue of the girl's sleeve and the blue of the dragon's skin.

Mark

Cheers for the heads up Mark

I thought this would be a problem so I've done the upper clothing (including the sleeves) in green-turquoise, for now at least. I'm experimenting with a triad colour scheme atm so she has turquoise on top, magenta strides and the details will be in some form of yellow/orange. I'll see how it pans out, for now it is a bit sore on the eyes if you look at her for too long

No progress pics for now but I'll try and get some soon.

Nice start . This figure is on my to do list ,so I will be watching closely .Interesting how you have started with the waistcoat ,I usually start at the top and work my way down.

Cheers
Neil

Thanks Neil

I'm afraid I don't show any consistency when painting or follow a routine (maybe that's my problem). I suppose my view is that it's all gotta be painted anyway so it doesn't really matter where you start. The only habit I have is that I usually leave the eyes till last because it's the area that's my weakest so I delay it as much as possible. Also, in a weird sort of way, I feel painting the eyes brings the subject to life and it feels more appropriate to do this at the end (I'm off now to hug a tree o/)

That's a lovely elegant figure, enjoy mate .

Cheers Gary, it's been an enjoyable paint so far

Some more progress pics. still a long way to go:



Stay tuned

That's coming nicely Billy, they're what I call Robin Hood colours, nice and muted and subtle .
Regards, Gary.

Really nice to see this one coming to life.

Cheers

Huw

Thanks guys for the kind comments. She's got a bit more colour in her cheeks now after another session tonight, I'll try and get some pics tomorrow after work

Yesterday's progress. I'm hoping to get an hour or 2 tonight, we'll see how that pans out

That's a cracking piece of work billy

Nice bottom !

Thanks Brian

Thanks Alex, I work out

Last night's progress. I never done much to be fair, mainly tidying up some rough bits and a bit of edge definition. It's most noticeable on whatever it is she has on her head (hat? bandage? Madonna's bra?)



Hopefully I'll do some more work on the flesh tonight now the base coat is dry

That's coming along really well Billy.