Day 2
I really wanted to try that lime again because I was convinced I could make it better but when I stared at the photo, I wasn't feeling it.  So instead I decided to try and paint a pic from Lake George, NY.  My family has gone to Lake George for the last 2 summers.  We stayed at the Sagemore which is such a lovely place.  You feel like you are stepping back in time at that hotel.  There are rockers on a big grand back porch overlooking the lake, with someone playing the piano and others serving wine.  You almost expect to see women in white Victorian dresses and men in their top hats.  We rented a boat on several days, and despite my worries that we would crash into another boat or permanently lose a kid off of the tube trailing off our boat, we made out just fine and I managed to take a bunch of photos.  Here is my attempt at the lake.
Still not loving it but learned that hard pastels are nice for blending on upper layers.  I learned that I love, love , love Liquitex ink for part of my dark underpainting- (thank you Bethany Fields for the idea on your video!) and I learned that I overdo atmospheric perspective so that my distant mountains end up way too light.  I ended up having to add darks over lights and trying not to make mud!