Work in Progress 1

I ran a contest on my blog at http://anfinsenart.blogspot.com/ for a model in my "With These Hands" Series. I selected a winner and posted the photo on a previous blog at FAA. This is the first "work in progress."

I started the painting by using a process called "wipe out" to give the background some color and to block in the figures. After the "wipe out" process was completed and dry, I plotted in the details and painted a permanent drawing on the canvas. I like "wipe out" for solidifying form and composition. The process works best with a live model, but it also works on a photograph.

I will post the second work in progress 2 on the next blog.