u/Mission_Top_8443

I just made a post with the title "AITAH for crashing my car into my ex's house to give her back her hairbrush after we broke up due to my vicodin relapse?" and I got this 🥀

I can't share the post now, they took it down.

Sorry for the bad picture quality, my phone camera's not great.

Punjab region, Pakistan. It's also the monsoon season, so It's raining quite a but here. Any idea what this mushroom is? No stalk, smells earthy, the black part left a stain.

For context, my mom told me to make a painting (she showed me a reference photo) as I make paintings as a hobby. She said that this looked awful (the diagonal lines on the top right are her intervention in order to make this "better"). Note that I'm not a professional, but still, be honest, how does this look? The medium is acrylic, I wanted to do oil but that's kind of expensive and hard.

The second photo is basically what it was ge day before and it was really dull. After spending more time on it, and using blue and green undertones instead of just black and white, I think it looks much better. I'm open to all opinions.

The second photo is how it was yesterday and I was really losing hope. But after working on it, and using blue and green undertones instead of just black and white, it looks much better.

So for context I'm a beginner painter, I made two paintings a few weeks ago and they turned out really good. I started this one and I'm really disappointed with the way its going.

The detailing on the lighthouse and elsewhere is obviously left. I only just started the sea so don't mind that. My problem is the sky. It just looks so dull and I can't get the light and clouds right. I tried giving undertones of blue and green but it didn't work. I would appreciate any tips to save this.

Basically, I left painting for about two years. Now I've started again, and these are the two pieces I've made since. Criticism is welcome.

This is my first portrait I have painted. I took a huge pause in painting due to a depressive bout, so this painting is probably the first in a long time. Criticism is welcome.