Step 29 - Painting step by step

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I've now painted the silver dots over the white ones I painted in step 28. After 29 steps the painting is finally finished. I just need to remove the masking tape around the edges (I prefer nice white clean edges on the canvas) and sign and date it. Hope you enjoyed the series and that it helps to explain how I work.

Step 28 - Painting step by step

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I'm going to put silver dots in the brown circle to the right but first I have painted them white so that when I paint them silver they will shine.

Step 27 - Painting step by step

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The larger silver circle on the left is now complete having added the brown dots to it.

Step 26 - Painting step by step

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The small circle is now complete having added the final brown dots to it.

Step 25 - Painting step by step

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Several coats of silver and the background to the circles on the left are done.

Step 24 - Painting step by step

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A few coats of Brown later and the background of the circle on the right is done.

Step 23 - Painting step by step

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Well now I've removed the masking tape on the curve and you can see what a good job its has done. The two contrasting textures meeting in this way looks good. And finally I am able to reveal the small circle I first masked over at stage 8. Its been protected all this time and as a consequence I have nice white canvas to paint the circle onto.

Step 22 - Painting step by step

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.. I paint them silver. Because of the white base the silver dots dry nice and shiny. This is the last stage of painting the background.

Step 21 - Painting step by step

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Now I have painted the dots but its not as simple as that because I actually want the dots to be silver but if I just paint them silver on the dark background they won't "shine" so first I paint them white to act as a base and then..

Step 20 - Painting step by step

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Here I've masked off the curved side of the brown area. This is because the dots that I am going to paint on the brown are going to give the effect of going behind the splash work and so as a consequence I need to protect the splash work. I haven't protected the right edge of the brown area as the dots will not do the same thing on this side.

Step 19 - Painting step by step

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And here's the purple after the masks are removed. This is always an interesting stage in the painting because now that the background is complete you should get a good idea what the finished painting is going to look like. However, in reality it doesn't work out that way. The last few sessions will transform this painting! (I think).

Step 18 - Painting step by step

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Three coats of purple later.

Step 17 - Painting step by step

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I'm going to paint a purple base on the last major piece of white canvas and so I've masked off the circle I don't want painted. I've also masked the straight line of brown as painting to a straight line is difficult and this will save time. Strangely, painting the curve is simpler done by hand and not masked.

Step 16 - Painting step by step

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Masking tape removed to show the curve in all its glory! This completes the right side of the painting. Now for the last piece of background work before I move onto the foreground stuff.

Step 15 - Painting step by step

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And here's the third. Light Orange.

Step 14 - Painting step by step

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Heres the second set of stripes. Light blue this time.

Step 13 - Painting step by step

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I've now added the first set of stripes on top of the yellow ochre base. I've had to leave enough gap between them to allow for two more sets of stripes to be added also.

Step 12 - Painting step by step

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Four coats of Yellow ochre later and the base for this section is done. I'm going to paint three different coloured stripes on top of this.

Step 11 - Painting step by step

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I've masked the inside of the curve just to make the right hand side easier to paint. Its not difficult to hand paint the curve its just simpler if its masked.Now where's that Yellow ochre?

Step 10 - Painting step by step

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I've unmasked the brown but you'll notice I've left some masking in place. This is because I need to mask off the small circle in the brown section while I paint the silver dots. This will happen later in the painting but the masking may as well stay in place.