Kauai Painting-Days 2 and 3

© Ellen Blonder

This is getting off to a rocky start. After lightening the sky, I realized the main palm was too small. Now that I've enlarged it and roughed in the fronds, the traveler tree looks awkward and will probably go. And I'm still unsure if the palm is big enough. Somehow, it all looked easy to figure out on the thumbnail sketch, but once again, I'm humbled by how different--and difficult--it is working large.