There is always a range of emotion when it's time to start a new painting. There is the excitement of a new adventure as well as the anticipation of what may come. There is also the trepidation that this might the time that it just can't be done or it won't be good enough.

Nevertheless the blank canvas offers a fresh start and all the hope of the unknown future.

I typically sketch on the canvas before I start. However, this time I decided to lay in the background first and then draw the figure on top of that...