second piece in this commission...

so this is a start on the second piece of this commission..as you can see..i have the photo in a plastic baggie..don't want to get paint all over it!!..I have a bit of orange as an underpainting..not that much..this is just a beginning..important to start with the darks..the background in the finished piece will be higher than the reference image...so i'll just make stuff up as I go along...it will be important in this to have the background a bit quiet so the main features ( the kids themselves) take center stage...more to come...

on my easel...

20x16

oil on canvas

so we're at the lake..i have a few projects i wanted to get accomplished..a couple of my "grand" project paintings..but i left the house without a few VERY important colors..for blond hair and a certain color of blue eyes..(are you getting this, sally?)...anyway..i'm putting that project on hold and I have this one going..i've had this photo for a long time..in fact, the family these two comes from now has another boy and (finally) a girl...I may have to tweak this a bit and as I look at it now, I see a few things compositionally i may work on..but I love the idea of this...