“The general root of superstition : namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other.” ― Francis Bacon, The Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon

I have to fix the right facing eye, it's kind of popping out and not laying back in the head and I think I need to adjust the height so both eyes align correctly. When I finish this little problem, I am off to add all the weird details to this painting. When I paint I don't like to talk and write too much so it might seem like I have disappeared from Steemit. When my blog shows no activity you can figure I am painting, I won't be around to up vote your post and have some lovely dialogue I enjoy so much!

Right now this painting looks conservative but it's going to get hippy-dippy, fractalishes. I will be adding the traditional design to Lord Bacon's coat but everything else is not what it seems.

This is my last WIP for this piece.

I can't wait to do his lacy collar, I've never painted lace before! Right now all you can see is a little bit of shadowing. I will add more shadow and then take white gouache over the darkened color to give the look of lace. I figure this process work the best. Add the shadows first and then add the light patterns. You can do this with gouache but you can't do dark to light when working with straight watercolor. For light colors in a watercolor one has to leave that area light colored and paint around it. It's a pain in the neck when working with small details so I said screw that, I am using gouache.