Sisters Tutorial 4th post

This is the fourth post in this tutorial series. You can scroll down to the beginning if you missed it. 

You may remember that when I get into the flow of the painting and it is just me and her, I forget to take photos.

So, I thought today I will share the painting of two hands showing how they progressed.

 My preliminary sketches showed more of the body and the hands were extended. I changed because I wanted the heads to be larger on the canvas. The challenge then became how to add hands in a way that would read believable (without painting the arms). 

So far so good, I think. 

I'm not yet sure if I will add a third hand. 

I'm thinking about it. 

I will confess that with each hand that I add to a painting, I feel a little trepidation.

Then when I go ahead and go-for-it, I am elated.

I'm headed to the easel now and hope to finish this one in today's session. 

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