Two of my friends just got engaged so I'm going to be making them a painting as their engagement gift. They used to live in the Bay area so I tricked them into giving me reference photos of their old neighborhood by telling them that my grandma wanted to see pictures of San Francisco. So I'm using those for this painting and it's been since high school that I've painted so I'm a little apprehensive but I think the drawing came out well so now on to mixing for the sky. I'm going for a large stroke since it's half of the painting and I'm hoping the broad lines will give it some dimension. Of course my cat decided to jump onto the painting within the literal first two seconds of starting but after cleaning it up I'm mixing in some vibrant oranges and pinks and I'm really happy with how the sky came out. Come back for part two where I'll be moving onto the houses.