The Buddha...painted himself it seems...

Here is the pre-final pass. I did not have any preconceived ideas about its final look, hence the title of this post. Beyond some fine tuning of the beads, I would like to experiment with textures and varnishes with this one before I call it quit. I would not mind doing another Buddha before my exhibition a week from now...I have got some unused 22 X 28 canvases in the backburner.