Work in Progress: Puma 2

Following on from the start of our painting last week I've began to work on the background. Unfortunately I'm not as far along as I would have liked by this point due to the black paint that I used for the shadows being a little 'too oily', hence that after a week and a half the paint is still not totally dry. To improve the situation I've removed some of the black paint and reapplied it diluted with a little liquin which is a fast-drying oil medium. Hopefully this should solve the issue.

I've been working on the rock texture and using light to add volume to the rocks. Once the rocks are done I can work on other elements of the background such as snow and pine branches and finally focus on the puma.

Here's the intermediate stage between last week's and now, which was where the black paint issue arised.: