Starting Billy Budd

Monday, February 13th was a great day.  I'm exploring a totally different way to work on this project.

Drawing, not too much paint. Using white & Payne's gray.

I'm using this new fabric just for experimenting in different ways.

Tosca became a traditional oil painting, the 'impasto' was impossible to avoid, and that surface was not what I had in mind for the dress rehearsal.

I thought about my maestro Aníbal Carreño, about La gesta ( http://www.rafael-landea.com/e-lagesta.html ), and lines, lines, lines, and lines.