I’m going to enter a photo of the recent painting I have started. I am excited about it because of the two cousins, their expressions and the lighting especially. Of course, this transfer of the drawing is in its early stages. As I work on it I will continually refine the likenesses and all the finer points of the composition. I love the turn of their faces and the way they are looking off to the side and not directly at the viewer as if their attention was drawn when someone called to them, which is what actually happened. They are both somewhat aloof, interested in their own activities but polite little girls to respond as they are called. I hope to work on it tomorrow but as the days go by, a lot is happening. I begin a class which has increased to five students! They just materialized almost out of the blue. The stars aligned and there they were, all ready to begin just when I knew it was time to organize this. I am so grateful. And five is a good group. I don’t have room for more right now. I’m looking forward to this mix of students. Now let me see if I can download the photo. I’ll put up another as I progress. Diana