Yes sometimes it is good to get/ be forced out of your comfort zone, the challenge of doing something new can be invigorating. And yes it was a good day out that our art society organises- "paint-in" days when you paint your own thing in the company of like minded people that help with encouragement , banter, and general chit chat as well as workshops with professional artists. Great fun.

We all have them Leslie! Sometimes i think it’s a benefit to have the set idea changed for us, as you’ve shown here! This is a lovely painting and sounds like a good day out?

Still you have produced a lovely study. I once went off without any primary yellow in my paintbox, it was a challenge, but again results were fine.