Seeing the first photos and the colors I thought you were painting an Avatar :D
I don't understand how it could turn like the skin color. It is amazing!!! I have never seen such a detailed progress work of an artist painting human body so I'm really surprised to see how it works.
I like how the background turned out..
I enjoy seeing those muscles - you painted them very nicely. And the detail of your work is great! You even showed different colors on the parts that were apparently not tanned :) It is a beautiful painting :)
Thank you for sharing!
Glazing is the technique of thin layers of oil layer dried. You could paint a yellow circle. Then a thin layer of blue and you would eventually get a green circle. This is what is happening.
In painting is often dark to light or reverse.