I'm not working on a new painting for my intermediate painting class. I had a difficult time getting started, for more reasons than one... here are the first set of photographs (taken on campus) based on its progress.
I started by working up the atmospheric backgrounds i usually do, this time in blue. In all honesty, I was very hesitant to use blue in such a massive way, but I was trying to see into the future of the painting and it eventually back-fired on me. For some reason, it did not register in my mind that I was painting "the sky." So, being that this was not my intention, I knew I had to make a change, fast.
I painted a coat of white over the whole painting in order to remove the traces of blue. You could still see the hue come through, but I knew once I set the next color down, the blue would be extremely difficult to see.
With the coat of white still wet, i began to add my new colors. These included viridian and a subtle use of naples yellow. I was told it still resembles "the sky." I believe it is drastically different, although I admit I don't have a decent picture to show the painting's current colors accurately.
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