I worked on this "house portrait" today. I am using a photo as a reference (posted here September 16.) Today I did a very small amount of work on the house itself, but spent most of the painting session working on the shadows on the lawn. I reworked the original placement, trying to get the lines of the main shadows where I wanted them. I can't see the trees that cast the shadows, so I need to focus on what I actually see, not with what I know or understand or think should be there. So I turned both the reference photo and the canvas upside-down, and that helped (as it often does). It must sound silly, but turning things upside-down forces me to focus on what I see (not what I know) which is why it is often so helpful.
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