My friend and fellow artist Bill Sprinkle (aka Art Santa) uses a
dark-to-light technique that produces such moody depth and exciting
paintings, I had to share his step by step approach.
Each of these pictures was taken as he propped the work on the board to
view it from a distance. This is a very important part of this (and
every other) technique.
I'm still learning to see as he does, working from the back
forward. It requires knowledge, faith and more than a little
courage. Check out the emergence of this wonderful face.