Art Class 20/10/11

I recently joined a Painting and Drawing class to help improve my skills. I used to do a lot of painting, sketching and drawing in Sixth Form but unfortunately stopped suddenly last year. I want to pick it up again as I have a great passion for art and it is a skill I do not want to lose. Below is an image of my first painting from last Thursday (20/11/11) from a still life using acrylics. Doing this class reminded me that mixing was extremely important; to get the right colours before you put them on paper. Once I had mixed the colours, it was a case of applying thin layers and building it up until the paint became thicker and had a lot more depth to it.