I was really surprised at how quickly this painting had developed. At the end of Day 3 I could almost have called it finished. I knew today things would slow right down and get more difficult, and so it proved. One thing I am acutely aware of is I am no longer fresh out of art school and yet I am still developing an approach to landscape painting. What was I doing for the last 3 decades? Why couldn’t I have gone direct to a developed mature style and now be basking in all the accolades? Luckily I may have another 3 decades, I must not waste them. Anyway, despite a day of trial and error I have managed to push the painting forward. The main aim today was to unify the sky as it was stylistically a sky of two halves. Very happy with it.
Harbottle, Northumberland. Day 4