Having taken up an artist sized paint brush myself now, and worked with the multiple colors, I've grown to totally appreciate reference photos. Lisa kept on me last year to take them, and I did, but now she doesn't even need to ask! Our plan is to repair the few cracks in this face of the gau and then prime it, hopefully this week. Of course, that might sound like progress but it means all these colors will go white...so I got the camera out and went to work...