Who is this: Background Changes

I’m not liking the background color and I feel it is detracting away from the figure so for this session I’m beginning to tone it down.

It’s important that I get the background correct now as it would be much harder to paint it after the figure is done. Most of the brush work on these backgrounds use quick broad strokes for subtle and soft transitions of color. This kind of brush work is hard to do net to areas that I don’t plan on touching again. So I’ll get the background where I want it then refine the figure and everything else on top of it.

Session Details

Session: 2096
Work: 1505
Width: 17
Height: 30
Medium: Oil
Art Time: 0.5 hrs

Figure, From Photograph, Oil, Self Portrait, Who is This

Chris Beaven

I'm an artist on a mission to do at least 30 minutes of art every single day for the rest of my life and track that progress on my website for all to see. I'm past the 10 year mark and I'm still going strong. Now it's time to give back and help other artists create a life long habit of creating.