I had one of those down days and didn’t want to get into the serious business of painting.  I decided to take the canvas which was already toned and dried and begin transferring the sketch for Portrait of a Young Man.  Actually, this is a really important step because this is where you must be careful to get things right.  Of course we must always be prepared to make corrections.  That is a continual process.  But I like to get the early steps as accurate as possible so that the corrections are limited.  Now lets see if I can figure out how to get the photo image on the blog.