After reading your post about whether to keep going on a painting, I decided to keep working on this one. Charcoal feels easier to control, but I’m learning how brushwork changes with different surfaces—I’ve read Kevin MacPherson mentioned how gesso board and canvas respond differently. I use acrylic gesso-primed sketchbook paper for practice, and while I was ready to call this finished, giving it a day or two made me want to keep going.

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This is 1 of the 7 paintings I am currently working on . Dimensions 36 x 48 in . Acrylic , gold leaf and oil paint. Title “ Field of Dreams”. In this body of work I am using old family photographs , this one is of my father working the fields in Mexico before leaving it all behind to come to the United States to chase the American Dream . I added the monarch butterfly which also make a great migrating from mexico to the US . What artworks or series are you working on ? Any themes or techniques you want to share ?