Lineart of the back finished, more to come...

Finished the lineart portion. Working hard on the panels of the big triptych, and tonight I found out I never posted these.. I will work on the shading and I am trying to get a few designs for the moon folk posing/having dresses on to add colour to after the values are finished. First colour paintings in a while, nice. :)

Triptych open, back remaining

The final version of the front in 3d. Or well.
It is photographed as an 3d object instead of scanned like a 2d one.

This for a magazine of the NABK which will be released at the Brabant Art Fair and Eindhoven Art. Two Dutch art exhibits/fairs. I won't be exposing my art there, but the magazines will be there displaying at least one piece of my art. Or well, part of it, not sure if they will be putting the front in as well.   

Anyway, now only the back needs to be painted, I already made a sketch.
Today I'll at least make the line-art.
It took long to get a good image with my photo-camera. Considering it needs to be lighted and positioned the right way. 

 Meanwhile I'll be also be doing this image.

I have planned some more paintings, made especially to try out overlaying colour over grayscale.
As a study for the bigger painting. I know oils and acrylics aren't quite the same, but it will at least give me a quick idea. Perhaps I might even do an acrylic grayscale with oilpaint on top.

Meanwhile I'll continue working on the larger triptych.

Moonowlithic Triptych Open, into the light

For now the final version, got to take some time tomorrow to decide if it is the final version.
But for now, it is.

The Triptych, opened, in darkness

Did finish the sketch, lineart and went into the darker shades. Now to go into the light, then get into the darker values and go back and forth.

So now, lets get into the light while this triptych is open. Still trying to make up my mind on what the small portrait on the back will be..

The front panels finished of the Moonowlith triptych.

 

Finally finished the front panels of the triptych. Now I will start working on the inside and backside. This version will stay greyish. I am planning on making a bigger one, that one will be in colour though at first I will use grey tones for the underpainting. I hope to finish the paintings by the end of the week.
Actually planned on posting it yesterday but this last layer had three version with very small changes, there are some small details that can be annoying yet other might not see. Lets see if you can. :)

Moonfolk studying skelleton, progress.

Slowly progressing with the triptych, 

I made a small painting to try out the clothing they wear.

Or at least, how to shade it, how it looks and how to light it. 

I decided to go through all the phases of painting before posting it. So you can see it all comfortably in one blog post. Think the painting worked out well, so I'll go ahead with the triptych as soon as possible. 

 

I also progressed a little with the triptych. As you see, I added some darkness to the background.
It is time to move into the light.