3:11 PM: i hung all 4 paintings from my current late summer production on my east studio wall. when i came in this morning following our trail walk, red orange jumped out and announced it needed work. although titled red orange, that was exactly the problem; the underlying red-orange ground was peeking through the rest of the composition and popping far too much.
BELOW: earlier version on the left.
so i re-worked the entire composition; an option not available, or far more difficult if i were working in oil. i set up 6 small paintings on paper, all recent plein air gouaches except for one collage dated 2/29/14. i was referring to them as i worked, and you can probably see where some of the shapes and colors came from.