The Lights at the End of the Tunnel

I was very frustrated with the painting last week when I discovered I'd worked in more detail in areas that I didn't mean to. No, I never put away the tiny brushes! The idea of obliterating what I did seemed wrong. I avoided working on it at all for several days. I eventually came to the conclusion that the painting still works, just not how I'd originally intended it to. This is a lesson learned for future.

The fabric color I thought I'd figured out just didn't work in daylight at all. Yesterday, I buckled down and remixed fairly large quantities of a variety of new blue values with ultramarine, burnt umber, yellow ochre and alizarin. No phthalo this time. I repainted all of the fabric and replaced my shadow areas. The tiny brushes got put aside and I added very loose patterns by drawing into the new blue. The wine holder was adjusted yet again and poppy oil seemed to help with the sunk in areas.

I'm happy with where the painting is now, but see that the pattern's lights (reds/ochres) need to appear behind the bottom of the wine bottle somehow and on the top areas of the fabric fold or edge that's not in shadow. Hopefully, those will be the only adjustments before I sign off on this painting!