Erasing dog heads is a hard habit to break - Checotah painting, stage 2

Poor Checotah. I overdo it with all the painting Tuesday, but she's the one to suffer.

So, it was a good thing I had this canvas ready. The teacher did ask about a second canvas and I was able to pull it out and say I was all set to go. She complimented the composition and the sketch, too, which was very nice to hear. (She doesn't need to know how I angsted over the composition for two weeks, right?)

I was up early to finish the sketch and stayed up late to get as far as I did on the underpainting. I had the whole canvas covered at one point, though you'll see that's not how I left things...

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