After 5 days I have finally completed the painting. The final day was spent fine-tuning the painting. What that means is, once everything is there and in place, there are always issues of overall balance and how things are relating to each other. In this case I had to brighten highlights on the body and tone down the entire background (I used a dull reddish glaze) to get the figure to stand out properly without too much competition from the background. I’ve titled it “Desert Heat 2.” I’ll have the painting up on my website in the next day or so. Thanks for watching!
