In any painting, when I like my progress, I get more anxious as I work to finish it. Will I screw it up? With acrylic that's especially dangerous because it dries so fast. (I can paint over it, but it's tough to match colors when doing that.) So I sketch in proportions and such with a light color and set it up for the bolder brushstrokes and colors. ![](gallery/cards/taking_a_hand_20060729.jpg) You can see the girls, faintly marked for the final strokes. Oy! This is why some of my paintings don't get done until late night / early morning. I get too wound up to walk away and get a good night's sleep. |