Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, We Love You!

Here is a photo of the finished painting. I added a couple more paint colours into the mix for the car to create a more vibrant, toy car yellow. I also increased the values of the darks on the car making it ours as well as the child's centre of interest. To me it just made the painting feel more intimate that way, making us the viewer part of the imaginative experience too. I hope you feel the same way.

Ona

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang WIP3

 I have finally managed to take a decent WIP photo of this painting so I thought this would be a good stage to share my progress with you all.

I'm still keeping to the very limited palette with this painting so far because I don't want the child to be the main focus. I am however increasing the tonal ranges when I paint him compared to his reflection. I still obviously have lots of hair to paint, some reflective shadowing in the corner of his face and another couple layers on his sleeve before I can move onto the car. but it's beginning to come together.

Ona