#170 8/10/19 Second Blue Crab

Six brushes, I used six brushes for this painting...holy moly that's a lot of clean-up!  This crab seemed to be a little tougher to paint than the first one.  Perhaps it was the different positioning, perhaps it's his creepy-esque face.  I tried to keep it as loose as the first one....attacking it in stages of color, not stressing over too many of the details.  I started it yesterday, getting barely anywhere before I didn't have any paint-time left.  And finished it up tonight.  I didn't try a different style border, mostly because (despite Joe's dislike of it) I am quite taken with it.  There was a small compromise: the sides I painted dark, rather than smudged blue.  I am likely to dink with it more tomorrow, we'll see how I feel in the light of day.