The finished painting of the villa.

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The luncheon club was cancelled today because of forecast snow, which didn't actually materialise so it was cancelled for nothing, so I didn't know how much painting I was going to be able to do because of my Mum and step-dad wanting the dining room table. As it turned out my step-dad didn't need the dining room table for his lunch, so I could set up earlier than I thought. There wasn't really much to do on the villa painting, but it took longer because of waiting for each part to dry before doing the next bit. I darkened some areas of the plant pots and painted in the dark area of stem on the far left plant. I painted in the rail going up the stairs. I used a very small brush from one of my rock painting kits. Then I had to cover up some blotchy mistakes in white. I darkened the foreground a bit. When that was dry I started on the flowers. I painted the orange petals first and left them to dry. While they were drying I painted in the door on the balcony and the low windows which you can only just see the tops of. I darkened the well, and added some dark bits under the big arch. I added some darker colour and some interest to the bit above the stairs next to the big arch. When the orange flowers were dry I started adding the leaves. I did some with viridian first, then when that was dry I did some in sap green, and when that was dry I added lighter ones with a mixture of light green and white. I also did the leaves of the large plant on the left. I added some more white to the top of the well where the brown had spread too much. I added some black for the street light and the cables and stuff. I added brown on the edges of the steps which makes them stand out more, and I did a stair rail on the other side of the stairs, where it's dark, which I hadn't noticed before. I added some brown to the post, and I think that's where I decided it was finished. I also did some more painting which I will talk about later. In the middle of doing my painting, I had to pack everything up so that my Mum and step-dad could use the dining room table for their dinner, and then put it all back out again after EastEnders so that I could do a bit more painting. Anyway, I hope you've been having a nice day. Have a great night.