There are two major differences between Step 2 and what you see in the photo here, Step 3. First is that I’ve changed the foreground from a horizontal block to a curved line, more like a hill. The curve is gentle, yet it feels like it’s got an affinity with the sun.
The second is that I’ve blended in the colors of the sky, making the orange echoes of the sun’s shape far more subtle. This was done by adding some more Turner’s yellow in a thin glaze so that the orange would show through. Then adding some more cadmium orange to this before it was dry, blending it with the yellow on the canvas.
Finally I added the titanium white line around the sun and on the top of the hill. I don’t often use pure white in a painting, but as this is an abstraction it felt right. To me it emphasizes the strong heat and bright glare of the midday sun.
