For this painting I used oil paints to paint an unusually interior of caprese salad. At firsts I kind of hated this painting because it looked like a cake and I learned that my colors were too deep and I needed a more translucent look to make it tomato like. I learned a lot more about oils and different techniques with this take two of oil paints. Still trying to get used to this material after so many years of acrylic. But I like how this turned out because I feel the colors contrast well and I learned a lot from this painting. Another little step I took was to not be afraid of highlights. I used plain white without dulling it! At first this kind of scared me but I think it really improved my painting. This proves that as an artist you have to take risk to improve which I feel I did.