Daily Painting Practice - painting faster doesn't mean painting looser

I think I have finally crossed an "it's all in your mind" barrier that I have been struggling with for a while. (we artists have  many of these, it's a hazard of the job).   This one  was the thought form I call -  I  can't  produce good work  quickly enough to  feed  multiple galleries.
Sounds  simple  to  solve,  but again, this is an artist's mind we are  dealing with, and nothing is more insecure , with the possible exception of a 3 year old's... after moving into a new house.

Anyway, first the good news. My gallery called to say that a couple of  paintings  sold. yeah! ( the small marigolds) and I need to replace them , they also reminded me  that they would like to have  another painting similar to one that sold in the past. I need to get this done this week. Yikes! ....
 In the past   I have  always  had the thought  that a quick painting meant a loose painting. Now  I realize ( don't laugh at how simple the solution sounds ) that if I  paint smarter or more deliberately accurate earlier I can produce the quality I  want  in a more efficient manner.
Duhhhh.
I never said I was a  fast learner!

Day one: come up with the idea and set up the still life.
 I thought I would show the set up  from a  different angle. It  takes a lot of the glamor away doesn't it?  Note the  tuna can  propping up the  picture frame.

Still Day one: I started on a rigid panel that I had previously added a second layer of toned gesso. I  mixed some acrylic paint into the white gesso and got this  muted purple color. I prefer to work on a pre-toned surface. Can you guess who the painting in the frame will be?

 Day two: Start scrumbling in  color. Scrumbling is  using  very dry color on a stiff brush,. Think of coloring  lightly with crayons only using paints.

 End of Day Two: Things starting to  come  together. Notice I  took the glass ink well  out. It helps to do the background first.  Instead of trying to  paint around the glass, pull the lights out of the background. I also started another  painting of mums....can't help myself.

 Oh, also  on Day One: I had to paint a color sketch for the set-up.  I researched the Rembrandt  painting on-line. I  have 3 books  with the same  painting and guess what? In each one the color is different. Makes you  want to see the original doesn't it?
 Below are three images  I pulled from the web.  I will use a little artistic license and choose the color and tone  that I like.

That's all for now... I've got o get back to work.