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@Fedodika:  Yeah I've been using the Stepping Back technique a fair bit this time around.

@Who:  All form is geometry - reminds me of Scott Robertson's How To Draw book - I need to go back to that ...

So I'm still working on accuracy but my main aim is to get more comfortable with manipulating acrylic paint.

Here's the ref.:



The pencil drawing:



The darks.  Learning from my previous painting - I designed the abstract background ahead of time rather than just going for it randomly:



The lighter darks - I feel like I watered down the lighter darks a bit too much.  I wanted to see the brush strokes but the paint was too watery to hold the brush marks:



Added the lighter tones and did a bit of detailing:



Next to correct some of the shapes and finish off with the highlights.

Any critique would be most welcome.  Cheers!