The book is beginning to get the feel that I am after. I am not attempting to paint every page but to just give a suggestion of pages. There is more light on the top page and I shall add some more light 'creeping' in on the far left edges.
Some adjustments need to be made to the edges of the upper pages and the section of the pages in full sunlight will be almost white with little suggestion of the colour of paper.
After the book is complete I shall start to add texture and form on the jacket, leaving the refinements to the portrait itself until last.