Next painting- Winnie

I’m not done with most of the paintings I’ve been doing recently but I’ve had fun getting them all to 80% and moving on.

This painting is of my daughter collecting shells on the beach in Mendocino.  She took a look at this the other day and asked why she looked so terrible.

On the last bunch of paintings I’ve done recently I have blocked in the background first and then carved the figures back out.  That’s where I am right now with this painting.   I can bring out the figure and see how it relates to the background right away.