This is the drawing of the first draft I did for the work of The Three Graces. If you look carefully you will be able to see some of the changes I made in the course of the actually painting it.
It is a full saize version of the work. In coming days I shall post some of my other paintings and thier working drawings. I find that while I like to make smaller sketches to get a general idea, I like a full scale version in order to really work out all the issues with proportion, placement and planning.
Though this isn't a great photograph, you can also see something of the way I work. I use tracing paper for the drawing and tape in parts that I change. I find it tolerates multiple erasures better and since I also use masking tape for "trial runs" or parts that I am working on changes, the tracing paper is better than any other paper stock I have used.