Cardinals and Orioles, Works in Progress

Now that we have pretty much settled on the imagery and composition, I've started to apply 'real' paint.  I'm working on both paintings simultaneously to keep them as a working pair.  Then, a most unexpected problem occurred.  Perhaps you can see here the table line that is visible through the fruit.  Because I had taped off the ground and applied the paint so thickly with a palette knife I now have a raised area.  I will need to go in and scrape out that raised area.