Green Acres 2

This is the second painting from the reference photo below. I want to see how many paintings I can get from this beautiful panoramic scene.

5x7 Acrylic on Canvas Board

Reference Photo

Yesterday I primed the canvas with Titanium and Cad Yellow Light. This made a very bright yellow undercoat, but the painting ended up rather reddish or pinkish. Today I primed with Titanium and Burnt Umber, which gave me an orangey pinkish undercoat, but the painting ended up brighter green. Is it me doing this? Is it a subconcious thing, overcompensating for the tone of the underpainting? This would be a good thing to know because I can make it work for me.

By the way, those are cows in the field. I hope they don't look too much like sheep.

Valuable Lessons Learned Today:

• When you paint little shadows under cows, they look more like cows than blobs.
• When you run out of burnt sienna, check the label on the tube carefully at the art store. People get it mixed up with burnt umber and put it back in the wrong spot.