
I did get to town today to invest in another background idea for Veronica II, a sort of dusty aqua color. I was looking at a Modigliani background with a dark underlayer and a lighter, sort of atmospheric overlayer... this will require some layering, getting a bit darker , getting rid of pattern.... one step at a time...if I move away and come back to it perhaps I will be able to see it again...

here is the first layer of the underpainting...the green layer of an underpainting is called "verdaccio" and when it sort of peeks through from behind the flesh paint layer above it, it really makes the skin look alive.