First Lay In

  

This is my first lay in keeping the values of the painting by
placing the lights and darks and keeping a balance.  It's always best
to have either more light and less dark or the other way around. It
makes it more pleasing to the eye.

After the Lay In I get to play more with colors and to just reaffirm
the lights.  Making sure I am aware of where the flowers are and the way that
they are turned.

I am playing with brightening up the palette as
a whole.  If you go back and look at my first sketch you
will see that not only do I sketch but make color notes.