At the Vashon Tea Shop--balancing colors

At the Vashon Tea Shop

Getting the colors right in the scan was a challenge! In fact, I never did quite figure it out. The original scan was too dark, but in trying to adjust it, the greens got much brighter than in the original.

What did I learn from this painting?

•  I like balancing colors; if I put a little red in one place, I put another dot of red somewhere else. 
• Things are rarely or never all one color; reflected lights put colors where one might never expect them.
• The painting is more interesting when things--the ladies' shirts for example--are not all one flat color.