About 3 hours of work this time. I outlined the figures directly from a Pirates of the Caribbean promotional photo. But all the paint work and detail was done freehand. This was so I didn’t have to worry about my poor draftsmanship; could just concentrate on blocking in shapes; and could focus on getting proper color and value relationships. I think I went overboard on the custom brush stuff, so it turned out a little messier than I wanted.

I learned a lot from these exercises. I’m pretty sure my next original painting will benefit from the lessons I learned from the two paintings I did today.

That’s probably it for a little while. Tomorrow I’ve got SW:Revelations shots to work on and writing to do.