SilkRope4

oil on RayMar canvas board 10" x 8"
I like this light set up better...still need to push the textures more.

SilkRope 2

10" x 8" oil on RayMar canvas board. This is the final painting under natural light.I have nailed the drawing as well as I am going to. There is a version of this painted under focused incandescent light, but it isn't dry yet.

SilkRope

Oil on canvas-board 8" x 6"
this may be the closest I've come to this.