Going B-A-N-A-N-A-S ! ! !

Meanwhile........
(while I build up my studio/Atelier Artista I am preparing for a solo show at the New Edward Gallery)
...........and I'm going

B-A-N-A-N-A-S ! ! !

Here is a visual breakdown of all the steps.

Shivas dance of destruction

Shivas skin is painted and the figure is blocked in in the round.... but now needs a head.

You can see the charcoal o the black gesso of where the head needs to be placed. The rear hand still needs to be painted in as well.

 Here is  a closer show to show the shading details added to the figure.

 

I painted in the rear arm.

 Here is a detail of the hand.

This is the first placement of the head and shape but it didn't look right so I had to do it over again.

 I blocked in the major planes of the head and face, this time softening the edges and pointing the chin a bit more.

I added a bit more shadow depth and blocked in the eyes.

I then did a little work on the hair and added in more stars into the cosmos.