Street Sense continued

The next three pictures are stages in the work Street Sense.

In the first photo I have started to block in the other objects in the painting, along with the beginning layers in his hip. The objects that are blocked in here are his Kentucky Derby roses blanket and his Derby trophy. They are blocked in with thinned down Burnt Umber. I wanted to have these in place so that when I started blocking in the straw I could work around them. The hip area has been started with layers to start giving shape to his body.

The next picture in the post shows more beginning layers in Street Sense's body. There is eventually quite a build up of layers to get all of the coloring right. I have also added small details to get started such as his white markings and his eye. And finally I have added some muscle definition with many layers. At this point his hip is basically done. I have started to paint the background color and started getting some layers down for the straw. This is to start grounding him and the trophys and giving them their space in the painting.