Here's an update on the "unidentified" character I teased I was painting last month:

As you can see, after the wood is cut and primed, I sketch out the details of what I'm painting and fill in the blocks of solid color. I generally use cheap acrylic paints for these, so this usually takes three or more coats. Except in cases where I need to delineate large areas of shadow (as I did with Smokey Bear), black is usually only done very last. In SpongeBob's case, green will probably be last, because his yellow body is outlined in a kind of puce on the show.

I still haven't decided whether there will be any additional color shading. SpongeBob is only rarely shaded on teevee, but he is frequently shaded in video games and in the movies. I'm waiting to see how it looks with detailing before I make that decision.

I'll keep you posted.

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