A pat on the back!

Ok I give myself a lot of critiques. I need to remind myself when things are going well. So that is what this entry is about. I'm about 80% done with portugal painting number 2. It's been sitting above the fireplace for the past 3 days and I think I've made some good observations about what else needs to happen. But this is one of those instances I am glad that I started over. I have a bit more work to do to match up the value patterns and add a few more bits of shading, but after that it's done. And I promise to go buy a camera battery this week and upload the finished painting!