Since I had warmed up on the painting of the two women, I decided to plow ahead on another area that frightened me; the wainscoting that I'd previously made a neutral grey. The grey bothered me, as it seemed to call attention to itself. I needed something more in harmony with the rest of the surroundings.
But the problem comes with mixing enough of the color to cover the canvas from left to right, and since I mix color on a hard surface with a brush, it gets tricky. There's never enough paint, so I have to mix a new batch, and then another. Also: the brush marks in an area like this need to be invisible.
I think it's okay, though. And the color is right. It's not fighting for attention now. (The darkness on the right is just a cast shadow on the painting.)
Standing Room, work in progress (click on image for larger view)
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