Homestead 8×10

I got up very early the other morning to go painting.  I ended up at the site of this homestead and when I left the scene my painting looked nothing like it does here.  What happened?  When I got home I decided to make one minor adjustment; of course all things are connected so this one adjustment led me to another, and another, and so on.  I am really starting to understand the importance of having a clear concept or vision in mind before starting a painting.  You know what you are after and you think critically about how best to achieve it, and when you leave the scene the painting is done, you don't have to go home and attack it with the palette knife.

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