 He typically begins a painting with a sketch on canvas in pencil followed by a loose brushed wash before executing a finished painting with acrylic paint in washes, drybrush and numerous layers of color.His works have fetched increasingly higher prices with his growing fame, and today Bell's major works sell at an excess of ten thousand dollars from private dealers and at auction.Though the female nude is a classic subject, much of EC Bell's struggle as an artist has been combating narrow-minded attitudes towards erotic art.