To begin this painting I paint the entire canvas Black.
It is then given time to completely dry. I then continue by covering the canvas with various hues of Blue and Dark Green (Translucent colors), intentionally leaving certain areas untouched. Once this is done I can then add touches of White to my brush and begin creating the illusion of depth.
Once I've lightened the canvas sufficiently and it has had time to completely dry, I can then continue. On a dry canvas i am able to layout the general shape of the shark with some White Charcoal.
Now the fun begins!
I can now begin filling in and refining the shape I drew.
A little further along with the process.
Almost finished...
Here you see the resulting finished work.