Painting small pictures will not save you any mental effort, its just as energy sapping as painting big. I find myself almost questioning every dab of paint I put on, I can only admire the mental strength of someone like Seurat. Often the changes I make to the picture are the smallest of tonal changes or the slightest of changes to the shape of a tree or field, and yet it does make a difference. I think it is squeezing out that tiniest amount of progress from painting to painting I am looking for. Its a snails pace of improvement, but that’s just how things work. Not sure the land area is all finished but the sky will be no less challenging.
Leminton Bank, Northumberland. Day 4