Once the sketch has been completed and I have made any changes, I then draw the image onto my gessoed canvas. I always do the underdrawing in pencil and once I am happy with that I then go over the pencil with ink or marker, as the oil paint and mediums will erase graphite.
The next step on this painting was to tone the canvas with diluted burnt umber. This step gives the painting a warm or cold feel depending on the color that is used. Once that was dry I then went in with burnt umber and started painting the areas that would be darker.
With the photo that is here, I had only drawn the horse to get a feel of the space that was left for other objects that I wanted to incorporate into the painting, and had started the initial work to give it some depth.
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