![07-22-12-studio-sm](https://www.rossfordart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/07-22-12-studio-sm-1024x680.jpg)
Just to give you a sense of scale
So I have finally finished this painting (the orange one), Number 427. Anyone who has come by my studio during June and July has seen this thing in various stages of completion. Here are some progress shots.
![messy studio](https://www.rossfordart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/messy-studio-1024x680.jpg)
Messy studio
![original sketch](https://www.rossfordart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/original-sketch.jpg)
This is the original sketch. I did several hundred sketches preparing for this painting.
![pencil line](https://www.rossfordart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/pencil-line.jpg)
Just the pencil line.
![blue line](https://www.rossfordart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/blue-line-1024x680.jpg)
Blue line. Thats Number 426 leaning against the wall.
![table](https://www.rossfordart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/table-1024x680.jpg)
My work table with paints mixed and sorted
![DSC_0552](https://www.rossfordart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DSC_0552.jpg)
At this point I needed to see what effect the orange would have before I filled in the rest of the figure.
![427-complete](https://www.rossfordart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/427-complete.jpg)
Complete
![427-cu](https://www.rossfordart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/427-cu-1024x869.jpg)
Close up