Day 1 of Phoenix Rising

I spent the majority of my day yesterday finishing up Shine Over Mountains and got it complete, but due to light inadequacies for the final image I've put posting it off until later today.  I was able to get an hour of work in on Phoenix Rising yesterday evening and spent it building up the shadows and forms.  First, with a wash of Ultramarine Blue, then followed by a wash of Burnt Sienna.  I finished it off with washing in some Titanium White mainly in the light glare areas, but also on a few  rock edges to help define them more.  Now with things a little darker, the piece's namesake is more apparent.

Keeping with my plan, I filmed the day's work and compressed its length to make another short movie.  Unfortunately, I forgot to turn off my camera's continuous auto-focus setting, so things occasionally go out of focus for a second or two.  I will try not to repeat this mistake for future videos.