A-to-Z blog challenge: Step P - action steps (part 3: painting the first layer of colour)

In the painting shown here, I painted the background first covering the whole surface with a buff titanium (tan) colour, starting in the middle and progressively making it darker toward the edges. Oil on paper

Then came the large coloured areas of the wine, before adding the details of the highlights, shadows and glasses. This was done with oil paint on paper as a group project for my art group.

For the competition I will basically do the same. Paint the background first in the shades of colour I n...