A long weekend of painting...

...and we're getting close to having the first coat finished. The painting is starting to get some volume now. It's fun at this stage because the arms look like they grow out of a flat canvas. Next there's a lot of "white" to paint. The blue/grey white of the dress, the yellow white of the woodwork, and the blinding light of the chandelier. Then the hair and the glaze. Glazing is always my favorite part. It adds in the thing I really don't see well...green. As a color blind man I can't explain what I see. I see color. Beautiful color, in way's known only to me and God, but I "loose" green. When I paint with green it always looks strange, but when I glaze with green it gets real. I can't "see" green, but I can see when the greens's not right. Volume is easy for me to paint: balls, cones, three pears, or arms. But to make it come alive requires the green glaze. I love it because I get to see may paintings come alive when I glaze. How's she looking so far?