My roses have started their spring parade of long stem blooms and I can’t resist painting them even though I’m allergic to their scent. This painting started a whole series that went from OK (this one) to 5 total fails (each painted on top of the previously scraped one), to one I declared successful, which I’ll post next time.
See photos of the setup and work in progress below.
Setup, blue pastel drawing, paint drawing 
Starting with the leaves 
Flowers started, wiping off left rose to redo 
Continuing with background
Jana Bouc, Artist 