I chose this painting because it is small and simple, and I like figures in a landscape. The sky is brilliant yellow, and the figure in the foreground is in shadow. After getting the initial drawing on there, I painted the sky a gray-blue, because that color seems to be peeking out from under the yellow. I got some paint all over, just to get the white gesso covered. I'll work on the figure next week - it looks as though Homer painted her first, and then painted the landscape around her, so that's what I'll do. I love the little building in the background, with its simple door and window and its quick little figures sketched in beside it.
