Today I put a final coat of varnish on "The Case of the Missing Marbles",  a 9" x 12" oil painting on panel.  For those of you who do not get my newsletter (to sign up click here), you may be thinking that this painting was completed some time ago.  Your confusion is well founded.  This painting is a commission for a gentleman who saw my painting, "Have You Lost Your Marbles", at the International Guild of Realism Show after it was already sold.  He contacted me through my website looking for a similar painting.  I did not have a painting that was similar so offered to paint one for him using the same setup.   Although the little truck is the same, I changed all the marbles and actually added a couple of additional marbles.    You know what?  It was just as much fun to paint the second time!