Summer - The Process

Here are my WIP pics of this painting...

 It all starts with a sketch

 The drawing with chalk on a black gessoed wood cradleboard

 First coat of paint on the background

 First coat on the face

 This is always the step where I doubt the painting is going to "work". I call this the "Ugly Phase".

 You can see that the face has one coat except for that right eye--the second coat makes a huge difference. 

 Almost done. She just needs a few accents and the chalk to be wiped off.

Almost done. I will add a few more accents after this.

And the finished painting!