An Artist's Sketchbook

Painting Sam Continued...

Here I begin to add color to the lighter colored fur of Sam. I believe I used a mix of Titanium White, Blue and Yellow Ochre. I add color to the white of Sam's eye and to the highlight on his nose. These are the lightest areas in the photo and will help me establish my brightest color on the canvas.







Here I begin to add more dark color, A mix of Burnt Sienne, to the contour of Sam's face. I am slowly beginning to build up some detail on Sam's ear.








Continuing to build up color and detail in the face, while bouncing back and forth from the ear.










More detail to the face and ear. There is a touch of blue in the darker body color. For some reason my camera picked it up off the wet oil paint when I snapped this shot. Probably because at this point I am really starting to build up some paint on the canvas(compared to the thin layers of the underpainting).







Now that I am happy with the detail of the face and feel that Sam is complete, I start to paint in the background color.