When it just doesn't work

The Saturday plein air group were invited to Norva's beautiful home to sketch and paint for our usual 2 hours. I was overwhelmed with the possibilities in her beautiful courtyard garden, pool area, expansive lagoon view and even bats sleeping in a hallway! I also had both our kids, their spouses and our grandson here in Mexico with us and they only had 1 night left so I knew I wouldn't be painting long.
I had bought a tube of yellow paint that had so much white in it that I couldn't use it to mix any greens. Amy was kind enough to lend me some Cadmium Yellow but I used that up right away. My paint must of been student grade. The whole painting just wasn't working for so many reasons (mainly my head wasn't into it and I was trying to hurry)! The painting also fell straight down on my palette so I had to scrape off the blobs of paint.
The good news was in this lovely group, there were a couple of brand new artists. The suggestions and critique of my painting was new to them and it doesn't hurt to see someone else struggling and the suggestions to correct it.

These are the works in progress when I had to leave. My painting is at the top left, a view of coconuts in a palm tree, the lagoon with slits of water in the foliage and the hills and trees in the background. I am going to let it dry before deciding if I am going to work on it more or just toss it. First I have to find yellow oil paint!
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