You might say to yourself "How could it have taken all day to get this little amount of painting done?" The background will look like wallpaper...monochromatic, I think.Working contrasting values is tricky business, so I am going slow. I have to visualize it all before I can do much. So there is a lot of staring at the work, talking to the dog, eating pretzels, asking my husband to take a look at the progress. You get the idea.