End of day...

Had a very good and productive day!  I very rarely try to replicate something from a sketch book onto a larger painting, but i was inspired to try it after doing these little sketches the other day.   It's definitely a different kind of process....more deliberate in the application of each layer of paint, trying to figure out what colors are actually in the large blueish area at the top!!!   This has a long way to go before i feel satisfied, but it's a start! 

See extra for the original sketch.

After i put all the lids back onto the paint tubes i was about to leave the studio and this caught my eye.....i like how the painting is sort of highlighted against the background of the studio windows.