"Moonstone Beach" painting process

This is the point that I stopped at this evening. The painting is moving along now and in the morning I will be able to make a decision on the cliff edge in the lower right hand corner. Right now it feels too dark almost strange. Also I really want to make sure that each section as the eye moves back in the painting is clearly defined. Tomorrow I hope to post the finished piece.

The yellow field in the mid section of the painting is distracting, even though it was really there on the cliff. I will try to push that towards the peach in the cliffs. The rocks on the shore leading from the cliff to the sea need to be planted and developed. The water needs action and the sky needs more of the colors of the rest of the piece.

All of the elements are defined and the entire canvas has paint "notes" covering it. Now the challenge is to bring harmony within the colors and address each and every area of the painting.

Starting with the sky and moving forward I am just covering the canvas with large masses of color.

This is the beginning of "Moonstone Beach". On the blank canvas I painted a loose sketch of the composition. At this point I moved the largest mountain peak so that it wasn't dead center on the canvas.