angel painting (continued)

Yeesh, it's been nearly as week since my last post. : [

Today I played around some more with angel painting ideas, this time actually using reference.

But in the end, I finally decided on using this pose and composition:

 

I began the painting with a rough outline in red oil paint and a thin layer of various colors to block the shapes. I think I've forgotten how to paint correctly.

I then began to apply thicker layers and refined the edges of the figure by scraping the yellow background. Scraping also gave this texture that I found interesting, so I believe I'll keep it this way. (I apologize for the poor image quality.)

I'll be continuing this painting over the next two days.