painting in progress

The canvas is tinted with cad red light/raw sienna/raw umber. The shadows are filled in with alizarin crimson. Finally, the real painting begins

how many changes are there?

The paintings seemed blah and I saw some other mistakes, so I made some changes.

St Thomas Carnival Dancers & Free advice

St Thomas Carnival Dancers

Although the reference is from the Caribbean, these paintings were done in Seattle. Seattle seems to have a gray influence on my pallet.