I have blocked in the base colour to some more of the background. I make minor adjustments to the perspective at this point as I shall with the waving man. The tone of the ceiling will also need adjusting to be a little darker to provide contrast with the walls.
I have a busy personal week with family this week, so will not get chance to add much until the weekend.

 
Detail.
When putting in the latest figure, I noticed that the waving man was out of scale. He is too large to be slightly behind, or level with, the figure just painted, so I shall remove him and re-draw.
The figure I worked on today will need some minor adjustments which I shall do in the next session. I feel the need to add more to the right-hand section of the composition and, so will also begin to block in on that section.

 
     Detail.
Having thought about the atmosphere in a working kitchen, it is not surprising that some of the people cooking would be a little 'flushed'.
This makes for an interesting range of skin tones.

 Detail.
A short session today as a family visit came first!
I did add the hand and arm of the rear figures and the first block in of the figure furthest away. I shall add more detail tomorrow. I accentuated the shadows on the striped shirt which gives a more natural feel to the folds in the material. There are other striped shirts in the composition but they will be more subtle in tone and colour.

 
Working in the same area, I have added more to the figures and completed the first run on the striped shirt. Once dry, I shall accentuate the shadows created by the folds in the material. Whilst I consider myself a realist, I am not a hyper-realist, as artists of that ilk would take longer and complete each stripe with exactitude. In my work, there is a certain impressionism with some detail which is not always apparent in a photograph of the work. The conflict between accuracy and realism is always in my mind, but, to be more accurate with detail in a work like this, it would have to be painted on a much larger scale.

 
The second arm has been added. It is at an unusual twisted angle and not yet as accurate as I'd like   so I shall make minor adjustments at a later stage. As the arm belongs to the lady behind the gentleman, I have given it a different colour tone so that it is less confusing, even though it would be impossible for the man to have his arm right arm in that position.
I have used the same palette on the lady's face.

 
The face of the second man is contorted in concentration. It is set partially against the face of the lady next to him and the conglomerate of bench top items. The lady will be mostly in shadow, which will create dimension and push his face forward.