13/28 of Paint Yourself Happy. Got a late start and then got called away in the middle, twice, but I finally finished it! Amethyst Genuine and Payne’s grey are two of my favorite paints to work with, but I’ve never used them together. I decided to see how they interacted. My favorite part of the piece is the middle shot of detail, which is the first time I’ve ever gone back and re-worked a part to make it closer to what I’d envisioned. In this case, I learned to add “highlight” by going back and scrubbing out some of the paint that had settled too darkly. This piece isn’t perfect, but I learned a ton doing it, and I find it soothing to both work on and look at after the fact.

Paints:

Daniel Smith Amethyst Genuine
Holbein Payne’s grey