Mom's spoon

I'm still struggling with these darned paints and have binned a few attempts in frustration. I'm either dragging sticky stuff unwillingly across the paper, or I make it too 'watery' and lose any brushstrokes. I'm also wierdly finding that the colour I mix on the palette changes on the paper, that didn't happen with the cheap paints. I can only imagine it's something to do with reflection or something as the new paints are shinier.

I can't blame the paints for the fact I seem to paint the front and the inside of the spoon, as if I'm looking both on and in. Good lesson on keeping your eyes in the same place.