Last Flight of the Year

Final Painting

Happy holidays, everyone!

I finished this painting, though I am not fully happy with the result. I took a little break from painting it last week (Christmas week). However, the year is ending, so I worked on it today.

What I learned while painting this piece:

• Using circle brushes is good for laying down base colors; while using rectangular brush seems to be better suited for shading.
• I can suggest lost edges by masking the lineart.
• I still struggle to keep the final image when facing the canvas. (This is probably why I am not happy with the result. I image that I had in the beginning was different, but I did not know how to paint to get to that image.)
• I prefer painting on a new layer while keeping the previous image I commit to as a base layer. I could feel reluctance to change when I had many layers.

Next time, I think I should focus on committing to a value composition before shading.