Dryad - stages 2 - 4

Stage 2

I unaccountably forgot to post the update on this yesterday so here is how far I have got with "Dryad" at the end of today. Yesterday I put in the tonal underpainting letting the small bristle brush free to roam around and create the forms and detail using a mix of Burnt Sienna and Winsor Violet thinned with Liquin.
This morning, Stage 3, I put in some basic washes of colour with a rag using these colours, Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Yellow Light, Magenta and Permanent Sap Green thinned with Lukas Number 5 Medium and Liquin in the hope that it would be dry for this afternoon's session.
It was indeed dry for this afternoon's session so Stage 4 was working into and emphasising the shapes from the underpainting on the tree using a mix of Permanent Sap Green and Alizarin Crimson. I also made a start on the background colours by adding some Permanent Orange to the Magenta.

Stage 3

Stage 4