Jazzy (alt. ver.) Early Stage

Okay, this is the block-in stage or what I call the "Best Guess" stage. Here all I'm concerned with is establishing a sense of the lights and darks (or values) and the color relationships (warm colors or cool colors). In the initial reference photo I was really taken by the contrast between Jazzy's light fur and the dark of the blue blazer behind her so I used that to establish what tone I was going to use for the background. You can also see an orange-ish color peeking through some of the whites, that's from the burnt sienna I laid down on the entire surface before I started painting the subject. It's much easier to judge values if you're not working on a stark white ground and burnt sienna is my default color, although sometimes I'll use a green or purple. That's it for now. Stay tuned for the refinements.