Just couldn't settle into another analytical piece

I know I should be working on the portrait that I've decided is the next piece, but I just couldn't do it. It just wasn't feeling right. So I'm off on a tangent (as my mother would say) and just playing with paint. I've decided that I'll just play on this one piece first, then go back to the portrait. It'll be alright then.

So this is the start, not the finish. Everything starts somewhere. So this is part one ... got some lovely textures. The initial thought was to add elements thereafter with a brush, but I'm hesitating now. Maybe I'll start another one and then decide on two together. I still have daylight.