Day 4 - Lake Michigan Dunes

Day four on this large painting (30x53) and it seemed like I was making steady progress. This day I concentrated on the left side. The dune grasses in sun and shade, the shadows from the grasses and the sun on the sand. I had look at the patterns and simplify the masses. The shadow side of the dunes also needed another light layer of color, again not committing yet to the exact value of the shadows until the surrounding sun lit sand was painted in.