Figure Painting of Chol -- March 3 update

By the end of today's session, everything looked quite fresh, which has made photographing the painting rather difficult -- so many reflections. Below is my best shot.  Before we began, I "oiled in" the panel,  applying a thin layer of linseed oil to bring some of the areas I've worked on in previous weeks back to life. As darker colours dry, they tend to fade and turn grey and it's hard to tell how dark something really is without oiling it back in. Today's focus was on the head, chest, and stomach areas.  Even though it's hard to tell in this photo, the dark areas of the figure (head, rib cage, and right calf) are now more in sync in terms of value. The hands and feet still need more modelling--they're quite rough.