Painting in Progress, oil on linen, 16"x50"

This is a photograph of a large painting in my studio that I'm working on. It will depict 5 Pintail Drakes. The main duck is finished and I have a close-up of it in the upper right corner. This is typical of how I do many of my paintings, I just tone the linen and then start painting without any pre-drawing. With this one I indicated loosely about where each of the duck's heads would be and then proceeded to finish the main duck's head and then used the head as my measurement guide for the duck's body and wings. I had to make sure the head was the right size so the body wouldn't be too big or too small, as this could have messed up the whole painting. The trick now is making sure I get all the other ducks in correct size proportion to the main duck.

Painting in Progress, oil on linen, 16"x50"