Blocking, and Stuff.....Progress?

If you follow my blog, thank you very much.  The attached images are of works in progress, which in my case, is a way of saying I am not sure where to go at this point.

oil on 9 by 12 inch paper

oil on 9 by 12 inch paper

 

notes on experiments with pallette knife technique

oil on 9 by 11 inch panel
thin underpainting, black applied with knife

oil paint on 9 by 11 inch paper
same technique as first painting

oil paint on 18 by 24 inch unstretched paper
no underpainting, used scrapping technique
note:  painted over 
This is a record of the effect.

 Of the three attempts the first one has some impact.  The colors seem to evoke something.

The second one is more of getting used to the strokes.  There are some similarities to pencil drawing where pressure is key to controling line and shading.

The third painting has an interesting effect where the texture of the canvas shows through; however, it needs to dry completely before applying second layers or it will smooth out and lose the effect.