WOYWW : One of those days...

...of pushing around paint and going three steps back in order to go one step forward. I'll explain that in a minute, firstly I wanted to share with you some of the art inspiration on my desk. I found a Mona Lisa print in an op-shop yesterday and could not resist purchasing it. This got me to thinking, I don't have any art other than mine hanging in the studio, so I went to the print shop today and got two of Fox's images printed {I'll frame them nicely, along with Lisa - her frame is falling apart}.

The little image {above} in the front, is a card from The Collective Store, it's by Owl and Pussycat.  I love their cards and have a small collection now. The works hanging on the wall {framed} are mine, and the little one to the left {at the back} is mine, it's awaiting backing. And of course you can see 'Valentine and her cat' hiding behind Lisa, They have gotten undressed ready to go to another party. Hopefully I'll get to work on them tomorrow.

Below is my tray of oil paints, this is part of my table top easel that folds down to resemble a briefcase, you will see snippets of it in some of the other photos in this post. In the background are more of my paintings ready to be backed. I've cut the wood, and now need to glue the backings on, also a job for tomorrow.

So here's the backwards going forward bit... I know, what was I thinking?

I was not happy with the way the head was sitting on the body so I painted it out.  This piece was such an unplanned one, too much variety in source material has resulted in a lot of fumbling around and changing.  I also went back to my portrait colour mixing guide and mixed the dark, light and mid-tones for the Auburn hair colour, which was something I did not do when painting the original piece.

After gesturing in a rough idea of the new head, I then was not happy with the body!

So out come the white paint again, and the hands and arms will now be reworked {another day}.  Boy oh Boy, It's going to be a whole new painting when I finish with it! A much better painting though. 

Above is a close up of the face, the paint has got very muddy, but that happens when I don't plan because the more you push around oils, the more they blend, and if you mix all the colours together you get brown or mud. I'll crisp it up once I have the composition correct {or to my liking}.

This is my first time sharing with 'What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday {WOYWW}'. It's such a fun idea and something that will hopefully make me more productive! I'm off to check out what everyone else is up to, see you over at: