When I begin a new painting, I “seal” the drawing and let it dry over night. After this I start to “block” in general areas of the work. Typically in browns, sometimes I’ll use blues. I like this stage of the painting because it is the beginning of leaving the drawn image and entering the painted one. I’ll continue with this process through the underpainting stages and after which I’ll start my outer layers. This particular work will hopefully go somewhat faster because of the size and subject matter. Please excuse the “glare” and don’t confuse and mistake what is the image and what is glare. This work also represents a mini-series I’m creating in a smaller size format with the intention of having more works completed as oppose to having just a few LARGER works done.