As the headline reads, its about a Painters Progress, and today was all about that, as is every day. I thought some areas of the painting needed a visual punch and a bit more experimentation with bolder colour and shape. The biggest problem for me as a landscape painter is how to deal with the ‘empty’ areas. As I have no intention of painting every blade of grass then I need to find a solution. I am becoming more interested in the tracks and natural pathways in the landscape, some of the shapes are quite bizarre. I suppose its the same as looking at clouds and seeing the shapes of animals etc, of course, I’d like to think my work is a bit more serious than that. The changes I made today are very close to working and I like how they challenge your preconceptions of how a landscape should look. I think if I apply the same approach to other areas of the painting this is going to work.
Alwinton. Day 7