I have been sitting on my patio and painting a  small segment of what I see and here are the results of my efforts.  Would love to have a critique on my work.  I know that after looking at a piece for a long time it becomes difficult to see the error in your ways.  I probabaly won't make any major changes, but I would like to know so that I don't make the same mistakes over and over again.

Thanks for the help.

Eyecandy(phil)

I followed your citiques and added some shadows and put some air between the forground and the houses in the background and here are the results.  Does it look better?