I was kind of looking for a monochromatic color scheme, but some color variations were still welcome. I then laid a picture, which was a scan of my acrylic paintings, separately over the top, set the layer to mode soft light. It's a lazy way to achieve textures, not very ideal, but quick and easy. I've learned this through studying 'Craig Mullins' work, if you find it useful you should really thank the generous mister. You can do this either at the very beginning or at the end, depending on your working habits.

I kept defining here and there. Since most of these sketches were supposed to be quick concepts there weren't really much room for details, so the main concern was to solve the form. Um, I'm not that satisfied with the solution though, well, at least I gained some experiences for the next painting.

That's it! You can also recall the final version below.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.