Back & Butt Study (Patreon)

Practice with a painting style I don't often use: painting lights and shadows instead of solid lines to define the body shapes.

No texture brushes here, just the default smooth round brush to keep it simple.

Starting with the shadows layer:

Flat color fill:

Main light source:

Reflected light source:

Reflected light without the skin fill to make it easier to see what's going on:

Both light layers combined together:

Increased contrast:

On paper texture:

Final: