More Sunrise

 I can't capture the kind of color that is in the original photo, but will persevere.

                                             Mirror Lake, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)                  

Street Corner Fatigue

 Seems like I can only work on these for a half hour or so before wanting to tear my hair out. The faces are TINY.

 

                                             Spring Street, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)                  

Here's What's Happening On 4th Street

 Inching along on this one.Part of a series I want to finish this year.

                                             4th Street, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)                  

More Pastel

 At least the pastel work goes quickly, and doesn't need the kind of precision the painting requires.

                                             Mirror Lake, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)                  

On The Street

 Sometimes it feels like I'm making very little progress. This is one of those days. I spent a great deal of time trying to paint straight vertical lines on the buildings in this one, but I'll have to go back and do more. 

The figure on the left— the young guy in the white shirt— looked too chalky to me, so I livened up his skin color using only earth pigments, no white. Then I went on to the street surface. One of the white lines had been mis-measured, so I fixed that, but struggled with the addition of dark places on the white lines where the street paint had been worn away by shoes and cars and weather. 

                                            Straight Ahead, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)                  

A Three Piece Tuesday

 The piece below needs more work than I thought. Today I started with the flakes of salt, or whatever they are, on the tops of the profiteroles but then realized I needed to make the plate look smoother. I'm not sure it was a success.

                                             Profiteroles, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)                  

 Then it was on to the big painting of the young woman crossing the street. I glazed some purple and emerald green over the folds of her dress, but it still shows up as black. Also worked the face, which needs to be lighter still.

                                            Straight Ahead, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)                  

And then some pastel:

                                            Mirror Lake, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)                  

 

A Productive Day

 It's been so long since I actually felt like working that it was a surprise today when I got excited about so many paintings. This is the last one for today; it's already after 5 pm and time for dinner. I added a bluish glaze to most of the shadow areas on the wall of the house. We'll see how that looks in a few days and then I think I'll go back into the yellow with a slightly lighter color.

                                            Somerville Roses, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)                  

And Le Diplomate

I am one among many who live in the DC area who love this noisy, bustling restaurant. Most of today's work was on the figure at left.

                                            Daily Bread, © 2022, work in progress (click on image for larger view)