Basic Colors (Almost) Blocked In. . .

A hasty shot of where things stand after the most recent hour in the painting chair this evening. The final company of Croats is beginning to show a faint glimmer of what they might eventually become. Used a #4 round -- with a good point -- to finish the remaining brown coats but nevertheless made several small mistakes that required touching up at the end of the session. Sigh. Time to rinse the brush and put things away then.

Another round in the painting chair will have to wait until next week. I've got a pair of cross-country skis to apply both glide and kick wax to tomorrow evening after packing for the weekend, and I depart Friday morning at 9am. Should arrive by about 11:30 for a good half-day of skiing at Forbush Corner just outside of Fredric, Michigan before a full day (with skate lesson) Saturday and another half-day Sunday before heading for home.

See you on the other side!

-- Stokes

Comments

caveadsum1471 said…

Excellent looking Croats, I was always taught at art college to use the biggest brush that you can in order to be efficient ( this was for painting theatre scenery) and happily apply the same policy to painting miniatures, I've got some grenzers coming up the line, although in march attack they're much less characterful than your chaps!
Best Iain

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