Ganga's Offering - Pt4

One evening later and the basis of his cloak is done.

Decided to rename the painting to "Ganga's Offering" as what my Indian friend is doing is floating flower encirlced candles down the river Ganges. They are given as offerings to Ganga, who is revered as a living goddess- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Ganga's Offering - Pt1

For those of you that follow my blog (sorry Facebook folks!) I've decided to do something extra and walk you through my new project. It's a really tough one and I will have to be really patient and not speed along too fast.

Anyway, I sketched out a picture (thanks Troy) in graphite onto my canvas (16" x 19") then gave it a quick wash with burnt umber. I then started sketching over my original sketch using a less diluted burnt umber.