Continuing to Stick Down Tiles and Cementing

I am now continuing to stick down more tiles after my other batch has come out of the kiln. It isn't taking too long to stick them down and the tile adhesive and drying quickly which I great. This is what it is looking like so far:

I placed some tiles that hadn't get been fired around the tiles that were already stuck down to see how much space was left for my oil painting, seeing whether I needed to stick the painting down before I added the second strip of tiles, which I found that I did, as the second column on tiles slightly overlapped the painting.

As you can see, I have now stuck down my oil painting before adding my second column of tiles.

I have covered my oil painting with tracing paper so that it can be protected whilst I add the remainder of my tiles onto the board and also when I start to cement the gaps in between the tiles.

I have also made some more tiles, as a few have cracked in the kiln so I wanted to be safe and make more, rather than having less.

The last space that is left at the bottom of the board is for my 'mum' tile, as that is currently being fired in the kiln.

Below, you can see that I have started to add the cement in between the gaps of the tiles and it working well. I squeezed some cement into the gap and using a wet finger, I smoothed the cement out to create a neat line in between the tiles, giving it a better finish. 

Below you can see that I have started to wipe away the excess cement on top of the tiles so that I am ready to lift the tracing paper and start assembling my final piece all together.