Study of an Ilya Repin painting

The image above is the final!  

I finally put the background in, which should of been done

earlier in the process, but I am so excited to get it going that

I forget about it (bad habbit!).  

I usually lightly do the shadows and go into the lights to 

model them.  Got to make the form turn and have the right 

chroma and value.  When I feel that is on the right direction,

I then start going into the shadows and refining them, which in

turn should be important in the beginning, it does dictate how 

cool or warm your colors should be. 

Started to introduce Terra Rosa, and English red to the mixture.

I started without toning the canvas, I did not use

charcoal in the beginning, just drew with the brush.