Another Friday's work

TECH NOTES:

I like the shadow luminosity I am getting from the cadmium red and antwerp blue.

It was also a good decision to back off on the deeper values for the black clothing and make the background a more "muddy" spring green.

I can take one or two more sittings to finish:

- brim softer and a bit wider
- eyes, nose, mouth, hair more definition
- define shadow on left cheek and neck
- fix the structure of right hand & define structure of left
- paint blouse and leggings
- background (a field with spring woods behind?)
- define hay & horsehair crop

Why make a list to myself only when the painting is a commission? I have decided this year to make worklists for all paintings. Treat them all like comissions. Do my best. (Yes, I got the idea from Judy, who said "I make to-do lists of all my paintings." Imitation is the highest form of flattery.)