Week 18 - Painting practice

 This week we had a look at lineless painting, techniques, etc. Here's what I did:

Here's a close up of the bust:

 Initially I started on the main pose, but wanted to try doing something completely lineless. So I made a silhouette for the bust and just kept painting on details - doing it completely lineless broke my brain a little bit at first, and I kept trying to draw in linework/ add lines. I found a rhythm eventually, and it was super fun after a while, particularly the scales, which I spent the most time on. The spikes on the head feel a bit out of place but I didn't spend as much time on them as I did the rest of the face.

At home I changed the background and did a few minor touchups: