Digital Painting from observation

These are my first digital paintings. I struggled with the use of brush strokes on the first one. Then I learned to use different brushes and tried painting with 100% opacity on the second one.
The first one was to show the diffused light setting and the second, rim lighting

Master Copy - Richard Schmid "Skagway Trawler"

I am studying overcast lighting these days and this is what I chose to do a master copy of in order to learn the use of light and color under that weather circumstances. I really like this painting. It's loose but all the focus is in the right places. I realized that the way that Richard Schmid makes the loose painting look so crisp is by the choice colors and the edges.

The local colors are all there, but with a hint of yellow orcher and the purples.

It took me nine hours.

Painting from Observation

I'm going to do lots of study from now on, and here's my first two. I did three, but I didn't like one of them at all.