On the easel today

I decided to go up a level in paint quality. That means my paint is going to cost 5-8x as much but the better materials are easier to work with and last much longer in colorfastness. There is another level up from where I am now that is another 5x jump in cost but we'll wait until I want my stuff to last 400 years without any color change. I'm not there yet. So I got started with the sky and background on a new piece. Here's the beginning (I'm having fun - looove the new paint!)