Today I painted this temple from this picture below. Some fine adjustments had to made to the composition like the position of the tree and the buildings.
Sketch:
Painting the background to get the feel of light is bit tricky .. had to flow the colour very well. Unfortunately with my limited palette it was becoming clumsier.
I painted in reverse order this time.. the dark greens first and flowing it down to the blues and white. Drew the far trees with some scratching technique.
Then finished the building and then foreground grass
Then realised that the grass wasn't green enough so did one more layer to finish it off
Final
Total time: 1hr
10x14in
440gsm hand-made cotton paper