'Bout time!

Woohoo! So finished "Portuguese Cafe" finally yesterday! Although my camera battery has died so I will need to pick up another one to snap a pic to post. Additionally, I started the second Portuguese painting. I am roughly 50% done but am contemplating starting over. I just see too many things I should have done in the beginning, but didn't. The sky really bothers me- I was trying to duplicate one from the exercise I just did, and I didn't get the right mix of colors so instead of looking calm and glowy it looks murky- eek! The good news about starting this one over is that it didn't take long. It's another picture from Lisbon but a city scape. There are lots of red tile roofs and interesting angles. Once the drawing was done filling it in is a snap. Oh and I made a great discovery- yellow ochre+ alizarin crimson= a nice rich red roof color! I had previously tried mixing colors with burnt sienna and it just wasn't producing the right result. So I guess sometimes it's all about what you learn, right?