I started with the sketch. In my sketch book which I then transferred onto Watercolour paper. I do this because, if I make mistakes and rub out my pencil lines etc this can damage the good paper. So I do all my sketching and mistakes on my sketch book first. Then trace the finished sketch and transfer it to the 140lb hotpress watercolour paper. I then Sat at my desk put on some inspiring music(without words as I have a tendency to sing otherwise lol)
This is what the painting looked like after the first hour of painting.
After I took a short break it was back to work. The following picture was taken after a further one hour of work. So you can see it is not a fast process at all.
After taking another short break it was back to work again. This time I managed to get her eyes done and some more definition that is not that noticeable in this picture but it is there and took a further hour to do.
Finally after another short break and hour of painting I finally got to a point I was reasonably happy with the face and was able to move onto the background.
I worked a further hour and a half to finish and define the details on my vampire portrait under the full moon. For those of you who haven't worked it out yet that meant that it took me about 30 minutes for the sketch and transfer of the image. So adds up to 6 hours from start to finish. I hope you have enjoyed learning about the reality of how long it actually takes to paint a picture.
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