A Home At Last

At the bottom of Mechanic Street in Provincetown is an iconic red house. The sign on the building says "A Home At Last".
While looking around in the west end of Provincetown, I was inspired to paint a 6x8 painting of Mechanic street.
After completing the painting, I thought I would do a step by step demonstration painting showing the simple lay in and development of a sunny day landscape for my upcoming workshop.

In the first square one color is used only to start the painting. On the right another color is mixed in the mass shape creating two colors. The next two are three colors and the last has four.

I always tell artist's I don't paint my landscapes this way but I think it's impossible not to use color when you simplify color mixing. Once you see the color you can make the color. I find this a fine exercise in color study. Organizing your masses of color spots is key in seeing the difference and
comparing color  notes.

A Home At Last 6x8 Oil on Board