16 x 12 oil on masonite panel
I always have to feel my way along with proportions. I've heard about the rules of feature placement (Peggy Kroll Roberts', etc.) but those just confuse me. What I need to do is hang myself upside down like a bat and then paint what I see, since I'm not working from a photo. If you don't know about that trick, turning your reference photo upside down makes you see big value shapes and exactly where they are so you don't rely on what you *think* you know/see in front of you.
