Painting "egyptian nights"

I am at a loss for words at how this turned out.  Most of my paintings do not turn out at all decent, let alone good,  but this is a rare case.  The shading in the sky could have had a better, or larger, fading spectrum, but it has a better view this way.  The sphinx could have been in perspective, but the view adds to the mysterious atmosphere of the painting.  The sand is orange to create a view of a land ravaged by unbearable heat and plagued with mystery.  The pyramid in the background could have been a better coloration, but it was the best in my color scheme that I was working with.  The light source was created by a mysterious glow in the background (in this case, caused by the sun that is slowly setting in the distance).  Organization was not a problem as I just followed the guide on the picture used as the guide(in this case, the sphinx with one of the pyramids behind it in the distance.  I used an analogous color scheme, with blue and orange as the main colors.  Atmospheric perspective uses angles directing toward a point, creating dimension.  To achieve this, I directed the sphinx's hands one way but his body another, altering  the dimensional perception.  The fragmented brush strokes create a landscape damaged by time and erosion.  Value was used to identify darker areas and lighter areas, as to create visual and spacial intensity (in the pyramids case) and variety.