06-29-2012, 08:45 AM
I had an idea about a culture that worship some kind of animal that in the beginning are larvas, and the people freely give themselves to the larvas as a kind of host. This painting is going to be of the statue of the first woman who did that.
Now i have always just done line work in the beginning of a painting but i am trying to learn to start with just forms and values. So this is the start. I have still just blocked in the main lights and shadows. I am having real trouble with the placement of the different values of the shadows. It kind of feels like i'm just placing them at random so far. If you have any ideas please tell me.
![[Image: firstlarvav1.jpg]](http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5210/firstlarvav1.jpg)
Now i have always just done line work in the beginning of a painting but i am trying to learn to start with just forms and values. So this is the start. I have still just blocked in the main lights and shadows. I am having real trouble with the placement of the different values of the shadows. It kind of feels like i'm just placing them at random so far. If you have any ideas please tell me.