Man's Face

I worked on making the man really look like Senor Amador.  My picture came out blurry but you can get an idea.

Layering

Now I am trying to layer the ground with different colors but I have to wait for each to dry.  I am also trying to get the man's face to look more  dimensional.

Background

Working on the mountains and the man in front.

Working

Adding detail and trying to get man's face right.

I am working on adding more details and getting the palette right.

Palette

I am now trying to work out the color palette.  I really love the colors of the little painting on my easel that is Diego Rivera's so I am using his palette as a model.

Test Photo

Actually, I'm painting on this again right now. It will probably still be wet when I give it to my cousin - ha! Elizabeth, I just signed in as usual and clicked on new post and it seemed to work fine so not sure what's happening. Try it again and let me know. ~Gay

I just added the top photo after I sent you the email about Draft versions. Not sure I like the rug better or not but I'm running out of time....

Zacate

When I got home I had a sketch that I really liked and wanted to copy but I had already started the painting with a pencil drawing on a 60x70 canvas.  I first tried to accomodate my new sketch to the 60x70 canvas but the proportions were wrong.  I was impatient and did not finish the drawing before adding color.  It was not working.  So I decided to start from scratch, get a canvas made with the correct proportions and do the "union Jack" technique of making the grid on the sketch and the larger canvas and that way copy the sketch exactly.  It feels right now.