A Mixed Kind of Day

 Sometimes the painting goes easily, and otheer times it's a disaster. Here's onethat went relatively well:

                                        El Centro, work in progress (click on image for larger view)

And here's one that didn't:

                                        Elbo Room, work in progress (click on image for larger view)

Elbo Room is a real mess right now; I decided to warm up the red building with some Sennelier Red, which I hardly ever use. Not only was it too too much for the naked eye, it didn't cover up a rogue black spot on the building. I ended up using sandpaper (you can see the lighter spot in the picture) and finally had to wipe off most of what I'd done. It was disappointing.

Moving on; 

                                                   Rose Bouquet, work in progress (click on image for larger view)

The floral wasn't bad to work on, it just took a long time to try to get the color and tone right on the table.

Next, I tried to work in the style of John Singer Sargent. 

                                                A Street In Old Town, work in progress (click on image for larger view)

But with limited success. 

Then I created a palette for skin tones, but my attempt at getting a likeness of Lenny C. was a failure. I will eventually get it right, Lenny.

                                       Lenny C., America Series, work in progress (click on image for larger view)
 
And finally, Doug, who fared a bit better:

                                        Doug, America Series, work in progress (click on image for larger view)