This is a painting of an entrance way at the College of Charleston in oil paints. When I first began painting this I had a difficult time getting the color of the building right. I was worried it would look like chocolate milk instead of a creamy brownish colored building. As I began painting I mixed many different colors on the canvas until I got to this one which I was satisfied with because it closely resembled the color in the picture I took. I continued to make progress on this painting till one day I could no longer look at it. So I took a break for a few weeks and eventually came back to it to make some final touches. These final touches included the bright white highlights in the building, a few brighter green leaves in the tree and finally the shadows on the concrete. Those touches really made the piece and so I learned it is okay to take and break and come back to it, because it can drastically improve my paintings.
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