Sun Prairie - stage 1

Finally able to start another painting after a week away from the studio. I came across this collection of buildings on the outskirts of a small town in Wisconsin called Sun Prairie, the reason why they are interesting is that they are in the primary colours of red, yellow and blue and I think it would be interesting to set them against a dark, stormy sky. I am thinking this time to set these primaries against a more neutral sky colour, not sure yet, it might be that I use a dark purple/blue.....I will decide tomorrow. This was first "drawn up" with a small bristle brush using a mix of Burnt Sienna and Winsor Violet thinned with Liquin and Lukas Number 5 Medium in the morning which was then dry enough by the afternoon to put down a tonal underpainting with a rag using the same colours thinned with turpentine.