Work in progress

This is a piece that I have been working on lately. It started as a drawing in my sketchbook. As I have mentioned previously, I have been trying to make a point to work in a more spontaneous and intuitive manner lately. Twenty years of commercial illustration has not been that easy to shake off, but I have been working at it.



So anyway, this sketch was done back in late March, and I decided to use it as the basis for a painting. My art teacher gig keeps me really busy, and I do not have a lot of time and/or energy outside of work. Regardless, I do try to keep something going, so I have been slowly picking away at this painting. Steps taken so far: I sketched in the composition with a dark green colored pencil (a more or less arbitrary color); went over the drawing with black paint; painted over the whole canvas with red; re-established the drawing, again with black paint; and did a quick rough-in of the background.



So, now all I have to do is find some time to move this thing forward. Looks like another busy weekend; plus, the school year is almost over so things have been kind of crazy lately. I'm really looking forward to working on this painting, though. When I make some progress, I'll probably post some more pictures of it-- stay tuned....