THE LAST FEW DAYS

The past few days, we did quite a bit of painting on the foreground, bushes and trees. At this stage in the mural, our biggest concern is covering the various middle value colors in big mass shapes. Painting in detail is not the chief concern yet. After the basic block-in, in my training as a painter, it is important to work on nailing the colors and values in the middle first, before painting in the darkest and lightest values and colors. By the end of next week, we will have this stage in the mural painting process done, so we can begin focusing on color harmony. Yes, we are concerned about color harmony now, but in the next stage, it is even more important to adjust all colors, until they are all right on the money. This means, they are juxtaposed and painted in such a way that they sing together and feels like you can breathe pure fresh air. This is also the reason I have been plein air painting quite a lot lately.