DaMuro Progress Animations

The main reason why I sometimes use DeviantaArt's strange little online drawing tool are the lovely animations of your work which you can see :D

Click the Watch Redraw Button on the upper right. This was my first portrait with DaMuro!

Click the Watch Redraw Button on the upper right of this linked page!

WIPS of a 6 hour painting study

This is the reference photograph I wanted to paint, which was uploaded as stock on deviantart here.

To begin with, I sketched out the drawing: 

  Then I blocked in the background colors

Next I isolated the area of the face, and added some foreground foliage:

Then I started adding color to the hair and some of her face:

Focused on the eyes a bit:

And the lips:

Some work on her shirt:

And some finishing touches, including a slight contrast adjustment, and here's the final image :)