Body Scape in the Shadows- Nude Woman Lying Down Painting

I played with the lights and darks across this out-stretched female figure in order to define all the different areas with blocks of lights and shade and create the beautiful forms. Using a limited ochre, red-brown to brown palette I wanted to convey warmth to the body even though a good part of it is in shadow. The final piece is a pleasing sensuous painting of a female body scape. This is one of my favorite pieces that I have done .