So here is my progress today:

As much as I like the idea of clear glazes, in practice they just don't feel solid enough to me. I always end up going thick and opaque. So I guess that is something that is me! Thick and opaque. Lol. I have swirls in the light blue backround, but decided the obvious circles were too much. I like that and the way the leaves turned out. The composition is working better for me. I think I may have to ad some touches of darker darks to the flowers. I was mixing some ultramarine with cadmium yellow for the shadows. Maybe I should add a bit of magenta. Quinacridone magenta is one of my new favorite colors. Not on its own, but to mix. It makes clear bright mixes. I'm liking the looseness of it. Almost a batik feel. Okay, gonna add some darks to the flowers and maybe some lighter highlights. The paint is pretty thick at this point, but what the heck! I'm having fun today and feel like I am shaking off my funk. Yea paint!