Below, a long view of the soccer player. Early stage.
Below, the current state of the painting; maybe half way to completion or a third of the way perhaps.
This piece is presenting quite a challenge because I haven't worked in oil paints for a while. I am really enjoying this, didn't realize how much I'd been missing. I have a renewed respect for the quality of the medium. Such flexibility and potential variety of tone and texture. No wonder it is king of fine art mediums.
