Day Three Painting

Blocking in the composition, I've dropped down the background a little more to accentuate the figures in the foreground, allowing me to eliminate some of those darker areas and bring in bright spots of color and light.
Working the entire canvas, the figures begin to take a little more form too as I start to define their position in the painting.
Much of the paint at this point is still thinly layered, as certain changes and redefinitions are still being worked out and considered. At this stage, "erasing" is still fairly easy with a turpentine soaked rag, which I use to raise the arm of the little boy and reposition the girl's face a bit more.
I like to slowly build my paintings, making all my alterations in the earliest stages and waiting until I'm completely satisfied with the basics before moving on to heavier layers of paint.