Project 4 2 Looking out of a window

First painting

Revision 1

Tough doing this one, but surprisingly today it started to work.  Did version 1 (above), main thing was to get the outside area blocked in and it has begun to look OK.  Then decided windowsill needed reworking, drawing wrong, tone wrong etc. so that is where I am at present.  Composition not great, I was tired when I set it up, the light kept changing from sunny to cloudy.  I will focus on getting the windowsill better.  Difficult to see what I am doing against the light. Colours in this repro way too bright, particularly the blue and red of the shed.

Painting experience for me is proving to be rather different from my anticipation, it has its own energy and flow.  I am definitely feeling more confident.

Worked on things on windowsil (3), and made it darker, then lightened it again (4) but made the area at bottom darker (5). Can't see from these pictures which are wayj too blue in colour but general effect is more balanced and the outside bit shows up better.  Result after much despair.

Version 3

Version 4

  

Version 5

Much too blue on phone pic, but I altered it yet again today (Version 5) just lightening the windowsill loosely.  I think this is final version. I like the movement in the paint on the windowsill, it picks up on the external view. Composition always an issue with this one.