Another attempt at a landscape painting. I’m not quite sure yet if I like it… Do you think it might be too busy?

I don't copy masters paintings to learn, but I do like to try to paint an original in the style of other artists. This is my attempt at a Mike Hernandez style gouache painting complete with opera pink toning of the paper. Although it's done in Casein instead of gouache, they act and look very similar. My other goal was to do it in less than 2 hours because I think this will be my medium of choice for Plein Air painting going forward. 6"x8" Casein on 300lb watercolor paper.

This is an experiment in painting even looser. It's a lot of palette knife work after the initial brushwork with the paint laid on thick. Maybe a little too rough? But I really enjoy painting this way. 10x8 oils on Arches oil paper.

Here is my contribution to April's challenge. I found painting the foreground rock to be very difficult, and the sea is too turquoise. But I had a go and persevered with it. A small gouache.

Only my second painting so I’m an absolute beginner and will still be for a long time. Would therefore appreciate any feedback. I struggled with many things including mixing accurate colours and values to match the reference. Also struggled to keep the colour puddles contained to small areas on the glass palette as it was difficult to scrape the oil paint up from the surface of the glass with a palette knife and the paint kept spreading across a wider area as I tried to mix colours. So I was frustrated about several aspects but overall it was still a positive experience as at least I was painting!