I have been working on these for a few weeks and now is probably a good time to let them rest and get on with something else so that I can take another look in a a few days and make adjustments, add details etc before thinking about varnishing. There are many layers on each with marks covered over , scratched through, sanded back and uncovered. Its really a process of adding and subtracting to create texture and colour. None of this matters though if the design isn’t strong enough so this has to be right first.