My goal was to work on the sponges and perhaps get them completed today.
The base colour is Grumbacher red (naphthol red AS-D) and I added mixtures of burnt sienna for the shadows with a hint of ultramarine blue and cadmium yellow deep for the highlights.
I started with the tallest sponge and painted it in completely, then left a space and worked on the next sponge allowing time for the first one to dry.
I continued to work from one side of the clump of sponges to the other until the main grouping of sponges was completed.
Then I worked on the smaller sponges from the left side to the right (since I am right handed) so I did not get my hand into wet paint and smear it across the canvas.
I found that the small central sponge was too distracting and tended to draw the eye to it so I removed it from the painting.
I will post this painting at a later date once more of the painting has been completed.
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