Trick or Treat?

I did this just for fun. watercolour and ink on Bristol board.

Kev (a portrait of my psychic medium brother)

'Kev' Acrylic on canvas board, 60 x 74cm

Project 1 part 2: Vanitas

I finished painting the face on the weekend but somehow I don't get that sense of completion.  There are things I don't feel settled about, like the confused area of brushes and saxophone, and the dark voids.  I'm not sure if I will fiddle with it anymore or maybe just move on.

Project 3 : Mum (the queen) painting

Can't seem to photograph the colours quite right.  I'm sure it wasn't quite this green.  My biggest one yet.  Measures approx 4' x 5'5".  Measured it today to see if it would fit in the car.

Project 1. The piper

I feel I want to call it a day on this painting now.  I put the fictional band flyer in today which was originally going to go on the wall but it had more meaning and was compositionaly better down on the ground I think.  The challenge I find in painting is always the challenge of creating a sense of depth on something that is flat.  I had been thinking along the lines of contrasts and complementaries but eventually remembered what I had learned by trial and error about colour temperature.  It did help and will be more in my consciousness with the next painting.