Today I would like to share the early development of one of my bigger projects.  A few years ago, I took a picture of a falcon at our friends house in CA.  This is a picture at it's very first stage.  I primed the canvas with bright yellow acrylic paint before I began sketching.  This is a new technique for me, but the idea is that when I put the different shades of green in the background this beautiful color will peak out behind it.  Oftentimes, when I paint, I spend a lot of time going over things I have already done, just because the little white dots from the grain of the canvas bother me.  This should remove that annoyance and enhance the beauty of the picture.   I will post the picture with the green in the background when I paint it tomorrow.