A New Painting

Yesterday I started a big canvas using a photo that I took in Portofino, Italy. I always begin a painting by drawing with a filbert paint brush using a lot of turp and french ultramarine blue or raw sienna. I outline and place everything this way. It is very easy to erase it if it is not in the right place. I got about half way finished with the drawing and plan to finish it today. This is the hard part... getting everything in the right place...you can't move on until it looks right...it's harder to change later so you better work with it now while it's easier to fix...then the fun begins when you get to add color.