#216 Key West 10/5/19

I've been wanting to do this scene for months and months.  I thought today would be the day I've waited for.  That my skills might be up to the task of how pretty this photo is.  Alas, I don't like it. I wanted to keep it loose, nothing too precise.  I put down the paint brush after the canvas was covered, and thought, "Something isn't working."  I haven't put my finger on it yet.  Perhaps the dried grass stalks on the right don't fit the model of the rest of the dune grasses.  It needs work.  I spent another hour today trying to re-work the tabby cat face, attempting to get his face to be less pointy.  Finally I flipped the photo upside down, and the painting upside-down, and worked the cat chin from that angle and it finally looked better.  Not 100%, but maybe 75%, and I thought it will have to pass with that.  So, I'll give myself a week to stare at this beach, then another hour to play with it.  But right now I am very disappointed with myself.