Painting like a Fiend

I have been non-stop painting since 1 o'clock this afternoon and my living room/studio is full of wet oils! I am finally starting to feel the painters 'burn!' However, in all of this painting, I have begun a new project titled "Found Red Binder" - sounds a little boring, I'll look into it soon. Anyways, I found some old 80's photo's of my parents on their many adventures that I want to paint on 3 x 3' panels. The best part is that these are going to look even better painted than their current state..... I hope. I haven't taken a figure painting class before, so consider this project 100% self-taught. I scanned, enlarged, and re-printed the best 10 photo's that are in the moment and interesting. I tried to choose non-poser pictures. If anything comes out of this than just a mess, it will be better skills in painting from pictures. Already I can see how I am trying to be precise, I gotta stop that right now! This will be a good challenge since I haven't painted from a picture in 4 years.