Above is a close up section of the sky in the Kennicott Mine original painting. I used multiple dots in many colors layered over each other. Essentially the sky is finished. In contrast the mountains are, for the most part, the untouched roughed-in underpainting. Unfortunately, I do not like the sky, it is not working with the rest of the painting so I am going to repaint it using darker values and more vivid hues.
I begin to repaint the sky with one layer of dots, the values are lighter at the edge of the horizon and darken gradually as they ascend creating the illusion of depth. Changing the sky will take quite a bit of time, but I know the extra effort will be worth the work.
More tomorrow.
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska Artist
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