Autumn Market

Autumn Market - oil on panel - 12 x 9 inch

Kingston's market changes frequently depending on the season; which vendors are out. It's a fav painting subject as its usually a hive of activity.  
I started this piece before the holidays, with a limited palette of warm colours(cad yellow pale, cad red, burnt umber, ultra blue). Then I lost my way and life got busy! 
While it sat on the easel drying, screaming for attention, I gave the whole thing a glaze of indian yellow just  to shut it up.!! ha ha ha! Sometimes it just feels good to give it the old wipe over!
Besides, there's a magic with glazes that often can add depth and completely change a paintings direction(I was hoping!)  
Today the glaze was fully dry, and I thought "No time like the present"...I added the figures of the mother and daughter, which improved things...Eureka! The whole thing was hideously yellow from the glaze, but I began the process of juggling tones/colours and applying them over the glaze... finding what was right... The sky went through a transition of at least 3 different tints before I felt good with it.