The sky has been the most problematic area in this painting. That is due to the fact that I have pushed it so far away from the original image. My idea was that the shapes formed by the fields would find their way into sky. There would be an echo. All I knew about the previous version was that it was too crude and I was hoping for some divine intervention to sort it out. Well, there was only one way to do it and that was to keep repainting the idea until it slowly emerged. My immediate thoughts are it is much closer but the lower dark blue band should change to another purple, removing it further from a naturalistic state and more towards a decorative representation of sky.
Northumberland landscape 1. Day 7