Well, it's the time of many promises yet to break again. The turkey is now a frozen stew in my freezer to be eaten before March and I am down to my last few Rennies. But I have been busy painting over the holidays the first is a seaside painting and I have begun a work in progress. I am taking pictures of the development as it comes along. Here are the first two pics. The first is the drawing guidelines painted in very thin oil loosened with turps. This is much easier to paint over as the picture developes. The second picture is the background bringing the light source from the left to give a bit of mood to the painting.