Here is my newest painting as it looked at the end of the day on August 25th. It went through a lot of changes that day. On the preceding day, I had realized that I was uncertain about the placement of the sun. I usually know exactly where I want that sun; it is a kind of triangulation. So I took this as a sign that I wasn't happy with the composition. I thought maybe I needed something on the right-hand side to balance the road and sun on the left. So I decided to try painting in a tree in the foreground which is actually in my reference photo. But I quickly decided that I didn't like it. So goodbye to the tree. Instead I painted in some green vegetation on the right. And suddenly the composition was better, and I knew exactly where I wanted that sun to be. To be continued. . . .
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