1. When I have completed my basic block-in of the subject, I take a photo of my painting on the easel with my reference photo placed beside it.
2. In Photoshop, I use the clone tool to pick up an area from the reference photo (left image) and place it on the painting image (right side).
In this case I was checking the color green and the value of the table top. As you can see, the green is pretty good but the table top needs to be darker.
Note: I always include a Color Bar as a reference for correct color and value. If the color bar in my photo doesn't look like the color bar in my hand, I adjust color and value in my computer until it matches.
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