All the time this piece has been at the back of my consciousness, interfering with my sleep and creeping into my thought while at other work. I hate it when the piece takes over. I'm not sure why this has happened with this one.
I know I've placed a lot of importance on it as it is a gift for my son, but its also because its a colour I'm not comfortable with and its given more trouble than I expected.
I decided a few days ago I should have used more bright orange in the initial cartoon. I had thought the colours faded in the foreground but as I examined a lot of my son's photos again, I realized they were orange through and through. My thread wasn't giving me that, so today I painted over a portion of the piece. Its done what I wanted and brightened up the orange colour.
Its STILL far from finished but I'm happier with it now. A little more rock work and then I will start on the vegetation. And then there's the sky................
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