I have started Aries by prepping the first sketch with masking tape so I can start on a background, it has been tedious but I don't want to try and go around the edges of the portrait, I want the background to look like it's in the background.
I began with acyrilic paints in colours of red, orange, brown, black, yellow and white. I began with a dark brown/red/black layer and built up the colour with soft strokes of yellow, orange and reds. It's still abit dark for my liking, I don't feel it represents what fire is to me.
Oh! And you can see why I used the masking tape *insert sigh of relief*
Now to remove it *excited squeal*
Well, not too bad, the masking tape succeeded in some areas and not in others but all in all I am happy with the current outcome, the background I feel still needs something else but right now I am not sure what, so it's onto some more research from here.
I know it's not the greatest photo at present compared to the middle one but you get the idea until I sort it out.
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