Songs of Silk

It was a painting marathon of sorts. I woke up and went straight to the easel and spent most of the day doing this. Surprisingly enough, I liked how this turned out at every stage. That rarely happens! I took time to work on this one but with a deadline in mind. Today I mostly used the Rosemary masters choice brushes as opposed to the Ivory line and I liked how they could hold a lot of paint and how easy it was to maintain a sharp edge! And now am tempted to order more! Posting some progress pics:

 

    

Wings of Fire

This is the first in a series of figurative paintings that I am planning to do. I posted a picture of the painting earlier, though I felt it needed some more work. I added some variation to the background, upped the value scale on the figure and increased the details on the scarf. After the round of tweaks, I think its done!