I’m getting near to the end of the work but at the stage where I’m not sure if I’m going round in circles. My aim is to finish the painting before we go away at the end of the week.
hmm ... progress? July 10th
Now I’m not sure whether I’m losing it, finding it, overworking it – or perhaps all three …
5 days later ... going round in circles?
A new challenge … Trying to make a large painting from a tiny plein air sketch. The bigger version is blocked in and I’ve started to work into some areas. It’s reached an interesting (and scary) stage, so I thought I’d record it before carrying on.
larger work (2'x3') below smaller work (6"x8")
After a delay during which I bought an easel big enough to actually hold the canvas (much better than propping it on a shelf and waiting for it to fall on my head) you can see I’ve worked into quite a few areas but there is plenty still to do. The sky will need lots of work, I’m beginning to realise. Well, it all will, really.
later, on the easel ...
Here is the canvas again after a bit more paint has been added:
a later view of the large canvas