OK!  The snow has stopped, a nice man just shoveled out the driveway and the walk and I am doing much better with the picture!  Here’s what I’ve done. First, in the sky, I went back with two light shades of Girault and using an up and down stroke, I lightened and unified it and softened the lights of the clouds. I think it looks a lot better. Also used the vertical stroke in the background trees and added some violet to the darker areas.  The buildings on the left were done primarily with Terry Ludwig pastels, using my warm and cool reds from the “vibrants” set, and various neutral greens and blues.  In the fields, I’m trying to keep the color loose and gestural.  I’ve added the clothesline with some bright pieces of color and the red gas pump on the hill near the shed.  If the surface wasn’t red, I’d be tempted to leave it uncovered in places. I like the effect at the bottom. If I was working on a surface with watercolor underpainting or Wallis brown, I’d  consider leaving as it is. I don’t think I can do this with this picture. Maybe I’ll do it again on UART and see!  I did think about using the UART rather than the Rives as I thought that more saturated pieces of color in the fields might be a real asset.  But I’ll finish this and see how I like it.

Almost completed right side and background