Master study painting progress

Put more details into the background.. I could get really detailed with this, but I don't think I will learn much from the minor details of plants and flowers, I think those things are best studied from nature and photographs. I've already picked up some things on composition and colour.

The figures are next..

Anatomy studies and master study

As part of an activity on conceptart.org I've started a 'master study' of sorts. I've basically taken a picture I liked and have studied it's colour and composition and am now trying to recreate it in oils. The original picture is called Springtime by Pierre-August Cot . Below are some progress shots including evidence of my tea drinking addiction.

Mark, Ed and I went to the Amazing Bodies exhibition, hoping to closely study human muscles. Unfortunately the exhibition only had whole plasticised animals (no people) so I studied a skeleton and a horse.

and finally some general anatomy study:

Oils

Almost forgot the oil painting I did at the royal botanic gardens.. it was all a bit wet and adding detail got really hard. Maybe acrylics are a better idea afterall :P God it was freezing that day!