March 24 - today’s work

 Today was for working on large areas. Layers of colour in foreground and background as well as a lot of masking fluid has been applied to both. That needed drying time between layers and is still in place waiting for more darker layers.

March 23 progress

 Another couple of hours work today. More fiddly work on the windows, door, and furniture then starting to block in where the trees are going to be so I can start painting the shadows on the cottage before putting them in.

The next step

 It’s getting harder to name these posts. Maybe I’ll start using the date.

Today I worked on the first washes on the furniture working out where everything is. There is still so much to do that I pick what areas to work on depending on how I feel that morning. LOL. Towards the end there is no choice. You work on what isn’t finished or needs correcting. 

A couple more hours work

 Slow going today correcting wrong angles on table and chair legs and working out window spacing. 

Another day, another step

 I worked on the roof, the shadow under the roof, the shadow behind the stairs, and another wash on the grass. Those washes have to dry before I do more. I’ll be putting the first washes over the trees on each side soon to block them in.

Today’s effort

 Right now I’m blocking in first washes in some areas, second washes in others, and started finding where shadows are falling in still other areas. Still a very long way to go but once the white of the paper is covered it is less daunting. The main thing to get right at this stage is the values, not the colour.

Today’s progress

 Second wash was put on some areas and first wash on others the sky in the middle will mostly be covered by trees and leaves in the finished painting. It just needs to be there to be seen between the leaves mostly. The paper is still wet there and buckled but will even out as it dries.