Online Galatta - Kerala Mural

At the risk of sounding rude, I normally don't get carried away by the "It is beautiful / bad" comments. I welcome healthy criticism, genuinely possible suggestions and more than anybody I am my worst critic. So when others see the best parts, I'll always cringe on the mistakes I had done. Even though I liked my work I feel that I shouldn't have made certain mistakes in the first place, which I am listing down.
Mistake No. 1 - The board finish was not done properly because of which the horizontal lines are visible in the face and in sometimes the paint was 'spreading' through the board's texture/lines. A bad choice of wall primer and least number of coats - 3 only.

Mistake No. 2 - While giving the yellow base I made it darker in the first wash itself, because of which the painting became dark and broody. Practically I realised the magic of evolving the colours through various washes of lighter shade. OK.. a valuable lesson learnt. After comparing with this I found the Ganesha of mine still more better ;-)

Mistake No. 3 - I am still struggling with the stippling technique. Every time I do it, it is a fluke. I had no control over whether it would turn out well or not. Towards the end of the painting I developed my own technique - first create the shades by washing. The make a lighter shade mixing with white colour and stipple it. Above that stipple with the darker shade. I know that it is a wrong technique but that worked for the moment.