I used to put a green ground on a prepared board in order to get rid of all the white. I stopped doing that because I had the habit of leaving large areas of the original green when it should have been adjusted to the colour I really should use when the painting had started. The problem in not having a coloured ground is that the white kills the colour and also creates too much contrast with the rest of the painting and messes with the space. Now I have wrestled with the sky today, it is half way there and getting rid of the white has really advanced the painting. I am liking how it looks.
Into the landscape. Day 4