Tonal figure painting

The drawing is roughly sketched in and I haven't concentrating on any details here.

I start with watercolour using ultramarine blue and painting in a basic head shape not bothering about features.

Here I half closed my eyes so I could see the darks better and blocked them in leaving white paper for the reflected light down the center of the back.

I rinse my brush and give it a shake and soften some of the hard edges like the top of the shoulder area and in this example I'm just about to soften the area in the center of the back.

Here I'm painting in a darker blue wet in wet into the wet paint underneath.

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