I know I've shared versions of this before, but I did a scan of the work today so you could see the final product (my cellphone pics didn't do the work justice). I'm really happy with the way this turned out. It scares my wife every time she sees it, but even she thinks it looks pretty good. For this piece, I call RoboCharmer (the original is called Little Charmer), I chose to work with acrylic to start. I never went to art school so much of my learning came from bits and pieces I've picked up off the internet. The article that got me started painting was about the process that Mark Teague uses to make his wonderful paintings for his books (if you don't know Teague's work, he is now best known for his illustrations in the How do Dinosaurs... books). That is where I learned that I needed to start with a toned underpainting which is a process I've used for almost all of my work. I usually use burnt umber for its warming quality. S...