Painting on Easter Weekend

This entry was made from the cottage while working on the Patroclus painting hanging from a chair (spare easel left at home). My good intentions were not realized: I wanted to redraw the feet and hand, restoring the details and proportions that have been lost. Instead I reworked the shoulder and started modelling the back and arm.

Some notes to self:
-- Some charcoal I used to transfer the drawing is still showing through (near left am pit, for example), so I'll need to redo those areas with some calcium carbonate (plaster) mixed into the pigment to mask the charcoal
-- Minor corrections are needed to the shadow on the spine (widen shadow on left shoulder blade).
-- More half tones are needed alongside the shadow on the spine to make the transition from dark to light smoother. Indian Red and Burnt Sienna are proving good for those values.
-- The chroma in the carpet needs to be dulled with grey/green
-- background needs a glaze of burnt sienna to warm it up and darken slightly.
-- hair still needs to be modelled (and it goes further down the left side of the neck than currently shown). Soften the edges into the background.