I'm still struggling to see things correctly. I think I am starting to see the shadows in things, but I think I'm confusing the mid tones with the highlights. I still struggle with highlights. I don't see them very well, and by the time I do, I have already made the way to dark and can't seem to lighten them up. Mind you, I did manage to do that in the candle stick one. Perhaps I need to be taking paint off more often, instead of adding more and more layers. I'm also going through an extraordinary amount of paint, especially in oil class. That is becoming my favorite thing to work with. I love the way it feels to paint with it. But I do need to learn to tighten up more to do details. I'm getting good at large, abstract shapes, but my paintings are all lacking something. I think I need to start looking at details more. They frighten me though. I honestly don't think I'm good enough yet to pull them off, so I have been avoiding them all together.
Hopefully the paint is still wet enough tomorrow that I can work on the paintings tomorrow after com class.