When I get to this point I just stop and start another painting, or go back and work on an earlier one. Feeling no pressure to add detail or fuss with it at this stage.
You may be able to tell from this shot that I’ve been recycling used canvases. I’ve been doing it for all the paintings in this series. I just find an old painting I hate and smooth it out a little with the palm sander (80 grit paper ). Once in a while I’ll leave in a little texture from the old painting just to add some interest.