I finally finished the value pass on my larger animal painting and I’m planning on plugging away on the painting of it next week.  If all goes to plan I hope to finish it (I took a week off from work to hopefully accomplish that task.)  This one I had to push a lot more than I usually do, particularly in the darkness of the clouds.  They were way too contrasted in the beginning so I had to keep knocking them back, lightening them up.  They popped darker again when I spray fixed the piece so I’ll have to make some adjustments when I’m painting.  Always to be expected.