Stage Two

My first step after the transfer is to block in the mid and darker tones. On the t'shirt I use a red, even though the shirt will eventually be yellow. The pants are blocked in with a mid gray and then a darker navy blue. The statue in the back is blocked in with shades of charcoal gray and then black.
I then switch to the middle value lights. These are dragged over the darks and dark middle values, to settle them back. The highlights are then addess on the light side of the objects in this case, the t'short, the pants, the statue.
My pressure at this stage is still very light. Velour paper will 'fill' very quickly, so one has to be careful.
The floor is lightly sketched in, again I use a pretty strong color, in this case it was an orange yellow. I know this will be subdued later.
I have learned that one can knock back the strong colors and it gives your paintings a wonderful 'glow' if you start with a pretty strong 'attack'.