I masked out the image this morning, then airbrushed dark blue-purple acrylic over most of the background, leaving an oval near the center. I added more blue and black and sprayed the top and bottom areas, then a final black-red for the top and bottom edges. I finished the background with cerulean blue acrylic in that oval center. I really like how purple and this blue go together.
Before removing the masking, I hit around her shoes with a burnt umber wash for a shadow, and go around the ‘halo-horns’ with white to give them a glow…

As you may have noticed (if you compare to the drawing in yesterday’s blog) that I didn’t mask out the wings. I didn’t want any hard edge to show, as I wanted the feathers to flow into the background naturally. So, While everything’s still masked out, I paint the wings in with solid red and magenta acrylics. I build them up from a medium to light tint, giving them depth and texture. To finish them, I airbrushed a bit of burnt umber for the shadow around the body.
Next, I remove the masking and begin painting the ‘halo-horns’. I used a pearl iridescent acrylic, followed by a yellow wash of gouache. This should keep them bright and ‘shiny’. I then paint the face and hair with gouache, followed by the panties, and finally the shoes.
Tonight I should get to covering the skin areas with the textured gesso, so tomorrow I can start on blocking all that in…