"Atomic Habits" in action

lastAtomic Habits by James Clear (2018) is my new go-to book for getting things done. Today I clicked through a list organized according to his suggestions and I accomplished so much without stress. Amazing to me! Exercise, cleaning, and even painting! 
I painted differently today, not sure why. I had a thin rough-in of the Nicola Lake view instead of the grisaille I ususally do. Today I just started painting from the top and continued down - sky, hills, lake, shoreline, trees. It seems to be working, but I can't say I love this technique. I am missing the magic of layering transparents. However, I will continue with it and see what happens. 
Before and after today's painting. The sky is actually a beautiful pale blue gradation. I will try taking a daylight photo in the morning to get rid of the yellow colour shift from the studio lights. It's time to find a solution to that issue.

Maybe the problem is the photographer. With daylight, I have the blue but lost the yellow ochre.  
​Solved, or at least one problem identified - I was trying to make the whole image correct even though I had only repainted the top half. So the last photo of the top half is close to reality.