Will

[Tom Edgerton]

SB-- Thanks...Lotus Tom it is.

Richard--Thanks...he's a little more "arranged" than I normally like, but again, this is part of a pair of companion paintings.

I will take it to the framer's this afternoon, so I re-worked the bothersome hand a little. I don't know if this grab next to the window light will show the solutions--they're very subtle--but the problems were:

1) Too much contrast in that area in general, especially in the shadows of the hand and shorts

2) I made the rookie mistake of over-delineating between the fingers and overmodeling on the whole. Probably from fatigue.

Overall, I softened edges (they were sharper than the nearer hand, obviously a problem), reduced contrast and had another look at the outside contour around it.

Sometimes it's better to set a painting aside for a couple of days and come back to it. I hope this helps anyone struggling with the same thing.