Nighttime for the Astronaut

I finally got around to painting one of the "Nighttime for Astronaut"series. I have had these sketches laying around for 4 or 5 months. I am not completely satisfied with the compositions I sketched out for the other two so no telling when the series will be complete. I am trying to get at least three vertical compositions out of the series with the action all occurring on the same plane and in the same scale. I like setting limitations on my compositions, but in this case, it is causing me headaches. I may have to break some rules.

As always you can see more of my work here.

Nighttime for the Astronaut (sketches)

or maybe I will do another nighttime set. "Nighttime for the Astronaut. " Probably won't be as time-consuming but I am pretty heavy on paintings for boys and have nothing painted for girls. Again, these are pretty rough sketches but hopefully you get the idea. I am probably going to regret putting these out there one day. Maybe it pulls back the curtain too much?

Nighttime for the Woodsman: Summer (in progress)

The next painting in the series. Trying to get enough contrast between spring and summer has been giving me difficulty, but I'm liking the way it's looking.

Nighttime for the Woodsman: Spring (in progress)

more pics of the of the process. I made a lot of minor changes mainly to do with color in order to get enough contrast between this painting "spring" and the next one, obviously, "summer".