Watercolour work-in-progress: figurative nude

Work-in-Progress Wednesday

Figurative Nude on Canvas

charcoal sketch

first wash: idanthrone blue and naphthamide maroon

quinacridone gold

second wash: more of the same

adding quinacridone burnt orange and ultramarine turquoise

third wash: more of the same: adding quinacridone magenta

creating texture and atmosphere: rubbing out with water,

darkening contrasting values

"fiction #1" 

24" x 30"

original figurative nude 

watercolour on canvas

by christy dekoning

I need to set this aside for at least a day and decide what else it needs (if anything) before I sign it.