Seraphim WIP, Part 2

So I've got the main colors blocked out in the Seraphim painting.  Now what?

I have to slowly focus in from the large blocks of color, to local shapes (wings, the man on the ground, the surround ground, etc), to the final details.  This is the hardest part of a painting for me.  The novelty of starting a new painting has worn off, there's 70-80% of the painting to finish, and I have to just sit down and paint.  Sit down and paint.  I feel demoralized, I think it looks like crap, but I have to keep painting and keep the momentum going.

With this particular painting, I am regretting the bold yellow outlines around everything.  They're too saturated, too yellow, I'm having to tone them down and block them out.  I wish I had done a more detailed underdrawing as well.  This was a "sketch it and begin" painting, where you get the idea out quick, and then realize you really should've put in an hour of preparatory work, including and up to a tiny test painting for testing the colors.

I brought the man into focus, and wished I hadn't.  He looks like a blob.  I had more success with the wings of the Seraphim; I outlined the outermost edges of the wings with a mix of blue and gray so their edges didn't pop out too much, and sculpted the underlit feathers with a middle-value blue and  light blue.

I do like how the painting looks much better than its very first stages, though.  Maintain the pace, push through to the end.