Every painting I do goes through three stages, the beginning, middle and end. The beginning is the choice of pose and a general direction I want to take with the composition, lighting, etc.. This is the easy stage. The middle is the scary part since I actually have to execute, as skillfully as possible, what I've chosen to do. I also have to put in some good turkeys. The third stage is deciding when the painting is done. More than once, I've added more than was necessary to have a good painting. Today I came to a point where everything I added, I took back out. I guess it's done!
