Moonbathing

Walk-through of this painting from sketch through the painting process here:
Part 1 (sketching development) [link]
Part 2 (day 1 of painting - Background and Setting) [link]
Part 3 (day 2 of painting - Main Figure) [link]
Part 4 (day 3 of painting - Finishing off the Details) [link]

It is said that to be touched by the moon's rays in slumber is to court lunacy. I look up at the moon on a still night, and feel that spiderweb trailing of silver light across my face. No heat like the caress of the sun. No sign of that ghostly trailing of light except what my imagination fills. A peace steals across the room, the stillness of meditation, of delving down within.

Size: 10x15 inches
Medium: Watercolor
Original and prints available here: [link]
Detail closeups here: [link]