the process of "the moon goddess"

so this is what i finished recently. i sketched this a while ago and are not sure if i put the sketch here or not. i proberbly did anyway here's the creation of this image from start to finish.

for this piece i started in manga studio. apparently this is an odd approch as i like sketching digitally. i feel it helps my compasition and its easyer to correct anatomy problems.

once i was happy with the sketch i printed it out onto cheep paper and lightboxed it onto a piece of A4 watercolour paper. i then tape the paper down using masking tape and then layer the wash of cerulean blue, turquoise, ultramarine prussian blue and purple lake. once done i speckled watered down acrylic onto the background using a tough brush to create the most distant stars. i masked some areas off making it easier to paint.

next i painted he cloths using pure purple lake and mixtures of purple lake and ultramarine

using paynes grey i did a light wash over the clouds. once the initial was was dry i used lemon yellow to put in the stars and there yellow glow. i waited for the paint to dry between each layer building the clouds up using paynes grey and the ultramarine/purple lake mixture. i paint her skin using a mixture of lemon yellow and cardium red and ultramarine and purple lake for the shadows. i rosey her cheeks with pure cardium red. i build up the skin until i'm happy.

i build up the clouds in the same way as before. darkening them until i'm happy. i paint her hair with really watery ultramarine.purple lake mixture, building it up in many layers. i also add some pure purple lake to her hair. i lift some paint to create hallos around her head and the stars, i also lift some of the paint of the clouds where the light would fall from her moonlight hair. using cardium yellow and cardium orange i finish the stars. i also add a hint of cadium yellow to her skirt. i darken the shadows on her dress using a mixture of purple lake and prussian blue, i also apply this mixture to the shadows of her skin. for the darkest shadows on her skin i add burnt umber finally i splatter white gauche onto the background blurring some of the stars edges in once dry to give them a hazy look.

hope you guys like it!

happy drawing/writing/ whatever you guys do

cherie