When I can write my own headlines why would I settle for something boring like ‘balancing the tones’. Essentially that’s the phase I am in now. I normally find I have to be at least half way into a painting before I can get a sense of where the tones are, or where I want them to be. I have decided to focus on giving the palm tree its strange blue aura whilst at the same time trying to push a high key colour range. I think its now going to work. I am also liking the bigger, bolder shapes that are simplifications of tones within the tree.
Blue palm tree, Mexico. Day 4