Sleeping Nude

I like to try new ways to paint all the time.  Recently, I was watching some watercolor videos I had collected a long time ago.  The video suggested covering the entire paper with paint as a base color, then going back and doing the same thing with the next layer, etc.  I'd gotten away from doing this because I never seemed to be able to paint quite right like that.

Well, with this picture, since I had just watches those videos,  I tried it.  Well, I hated it.  I painted this whole picture that way, and kinda got fed up with it and walked away.  Maybe I can't see that large a picture or something.  I went back over this picture with what I call "my way" and it got better, but sill not loving this one.

Maybe its because I have the attention span of a gnat (already had to take 3 breaks in typing this) or only the ability to think of half a thing at once, but "my way" is to paint a small portion, then go to another small portion, then another, and another, etc.   I don't mind going back over and back over to blend the portions previously painted together.  I think I can work with that method (my method) to paint just about anything.  It just seems that when I start painting a full layer of paint on paper, I lose the ability to manipulate the painting to what I want.  It just kinda goes its own way, and I'm constantly trying to reel it in.

Well, this one is what it is.  Hope you enjoy.