I am not sure why but the light shining through her legs and the way it reveals her bones is what really stands out to me. The wings are amazing, of course - your organic machinery is always breathtaking. But the translucent calves are just such a nice touch.
Question - at stage 4 when you are beginning to outline the organic machinery, are you scratching through to reveal canvas or is that white paint?
The white lines are from white chalk transfer paper. I used it to trace the contours for the wings on the canvas.
Ah thank you, that is a nice insight and one of those cool tricks that probably makes your life a lot easier I am guessing. Part of the reason I asked about any posts with process pics is because the level of entwined detail in the organic machinery sections of your art is so intimidating that I wanted to see the beginnings of it, see how you started on one of those sections. This was exactly what I was hoping to see and I thank you so much for sharing it with me! I know it was kind of a lazy request, I could have dug through your blog but I wasn't sure what I was looking for. I very much appreciate you taking the time to give me those links. Cheers - Carl