Instead of 1/2 sheet, I'm working on 1/4 sheet gessoed paper for this study of the hands. And now I remember the problem with the hands in the 1/2 sheet painting - I traced the drawing onto the gessoed paper using a blue saral (a type of transfer paper - not graphite) and I couldn't lighten the blue lines so when the hands were wrong, the painting was wrong. I used graphite this time and took more care. 
It needs more shadowing and shaping of the hands and arm and more color on the kimono and umbrella still. I may get time to do that later today but it's going to be a busy weekend.
I still want to do the full geisha if this works out.
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Can't wait to see this as it progresses, Rhonda!
(I"m trying to catch up today with groups and email.)
Thanks, Deb! Good to hear from you - hope you catch up this weekend :)
These hands are very beautiful, could be a painting on it's own I think.
Thanks, Cathy. I want to work on them to the extent that I can then redo the larger painting - but maybe this will turn into a painting on its own :)
Really worth tackling the hands again - they look like they are part of an old masterpiece. A painting in its own right.
Thank you, Joan. For me, this 1/4 sheet is more about getting the hands right with shading and modeling in order to do the other one - but if it works well, I may use it as a painting, too. It never hurts to get 2 for the price of 1 :)
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