The Costa at Turnpike Lane

Im always passing this Costa on the bus and now Iv,e finally gotten round to painting it.

Here is my process step by step

Step 1 outline

I,m doing a simple pencil outline making sure I dont make the building too big. I then cover the sheet in a light blue wash to stand for the sky and adding a little yellow/orange for the sunlit parts.

Step 2

Step 2
Adding colour

Painting in a glaze or undercoat to indicate the color scheme of the scene. I,m keeping to a limited palette of the primary colors.

step 3
Step 3

Here I,m strengthening the tones overall and increasing definition.

step 4
Adding finishing touches, darkest darks, car and figure details etc.