4 steps to Success
Tone > Blocking > Texture > Detail
This process works well for any subject, from still life to portrait, and any style of painting from abstract to impressionism.
Advantages of working this way:
- Speed. You can finish stages 1 and 2 in 10-20 minutes once you know what you are doing.
- Style. The style of the painting is not defined until stage 3: texture.
- Corrections. Everything in the painting can be changed. Mountains can be moved any time in these first three stages.
- Detail is last. You learn to work structurally, not from the surface detail.