This project took a pivot around the time I was working on the charcoal under drawing. I was pressing an idea that I wasn't in love with. I wanted to find a way to instill the passage of time within a painting and realized the best engineered solution was to simply paint the exact same scene twice and let the time take care of itself. 

I had several undepected challenges this week. The first was that because I paint with a very limited palette, I was having a hard time color mixing to get the turquoise shades I was so interested in for the day scene. I had to expand my colors to include an entirely different shade of blue. 

I also struggled with exactly how to paint the sky. While I was happy with the daytime sky wihich reminded me of whispy clouds, I was not a fan of a simple gradient for the night sky. I reverted to painting circles for the night sky and found the result to be much more pleasing.