Final Result of Rocco

I mixed water with some of the paint, I mixed the light blue with the blue green for some of the shading.

Rocco Full process

Supplies:

Acrylic paint, Blue, Lt blue, Blue green, Yellow, Off white, Black A variety of brushes Ruler the metal with cork backing works the best Grid formula Paste Index cards use these cards helps to highlight the square you are working on Pallet to mix paints Water Paper towel Qtips,

this photo is a 4 x 6 so I marked it off by 1 in squares

To make the grid:

Original photo is a 4 x 6 I enlarged to a ratio of 3:1 4x3=12 6x3=18

It’s important to have the same number of squares across and down on photo as you do on the canvas.
For this first photo I made the grid lnes on the canvas dark so you can see it. Normally I would make very light so they can be erased.

Working Square by sq draw in the view of each square onto the canvas, I used the index cards to highlight the square you are working on.