A Work in Progress

I started the color work yesterday and spent a good six hours working on the sky and the upper part of the painting. The painting plan is to simply work top to bottom. Where edges need to be worked wet-into-wet, I will try to work those at the same time. I'm having a difficult time getting good pictures because I don't have enough light to evenly light something so large and the working surface is slightly tilted toward the overhead bank of daylight bulbs that adds a glare to the photos. Please bear with me. Today I continued with the line of palms. As you look at the photos realize that this is a work in progress and will require at least two passes of color. The first pass (where I am now) is to establish the color palette and solidify the values. The second will be to work the edges and minor adjustments. With that said, below is the state of the commission as of today.

06-12-2013

Detail of left side