This past week

Below are some pictures of what I am working on. I got to this shape using the same process of drawing on the empty canvas with chalk and then choosing parts of the drawing I think are worth saving.
Then I started thinking about color choices and what I wanted the shape to do and after a few unsuccessful color studies I realized that although I am interested in tension, I am not interested in pushing tension to an extreme. I want tension to be part of the painting but I want it to be discrete. I don't want to be a punch in the stomach.
I erased all I had done and am back to the fist draft of a possible painting...

Two more comments:
- I am not happy with what looks like a face on the top right of the canvas - it is too obvious for me.
- I should have given myself time to deal with the image #2 created, I moved too fast.