Painting in Progress

Here's a few pictures showing how I went about that painting. I usually paint the canvas brownish, with a thin wash, because painting onto a blinding white canvas scares me. I then pencil in where I want everything to go.

 Then I rough in the darks. This means you get the contrasts right from the beginning, and it helps block in the bones of the picture.

 Then some of the mid-tones. I whacked in a bit of sky earlyish this time (usually I do it last) because I was getting a bit disconcerted by the apocalyptic brown sky.

And some time later-