Whirly Pop whirling to completion

The whirly pop, a piece I feared may take longer then it did seemed to race to completion. Once all of the initial block-ins dried it was a matter of controlling transparent paint for the dark tones and semi-opaque tones for the lights. Overall the painting is about 95 percent done and once this layer dries we will tweak the last 5 percent. Despite our success it was still no easy task to render the 35 or so different color bands and the other 35 or so white bands that separate the colors.
P.S. - The final photo should be up this weekend.