Today&amp;#8217;s WIP is my Christmas painting! Silas performs a lovely spirit-based illusion for Rua. Characters from &amp;#8216;A Brush with Magic&amp;#8217;.
When I paint, I rarely splash colours straight on these days. I much prefer to use the grisaille method (or variants of it) where I work solely in tones or greys, before tinting and adjusting final colours. I find it makes an image have very strong contrast and overall lighting, which I can lose sight of if I head straight for base, shadow, highlights in painting. This is particularly important for a lineless look, I feel.