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The base layer on the blue teapot painting is finally dry enough for me to work on it again today.  I’m enjoying painting family memories. 

There are lots of fun reflections with twists and turns on the teapot.  I find it tempting to jump around on different details on the painting. That is a recipe for me to get lost on my process.  I do better when I focus and stay with one area at a time.  Some artists like to cover parts of their paintings to keep focused.  Others work in a grid only painting one square at a time.  I like to get all of the values and base dead color blocked in first.  Then I slowly build the layers of  details and color. It is interesting to see the various processes artists use in their studios.