Roses with Blue Cloth

I made a good start with the drawing and getting the first rose blocked in on my first painting day but sadly, overnight the roses completely changed color and shape, as you can see in the reference photos below.

Clockwise from top left: Photo of roses day 1, Photo of same roses day 2, finished painting, WIP day one with setup.

I had to finish the painting using the reference photo and rediscovered how much fun it can be working from close-up enlarged photos of flowers and glass, looking for all the little nuances and details.

Clockwise from top left: Reference photo, WIP: initial drawing and block-in, second rose added, leaves added.

I chose the background cloth rather spontaneously. While it appealed to me on the day I set up the still life, I began to regret how intense the color was. I experimented with changing it, but decided it would be better to just finish this painting and make another painting than to try to reinvent the background colors and keep messing with this one.

Working on the background and vases, retouching the flowers

Perhaps for my next flower painting I will paint one as a portrait, enlarged, close-up as if I was painting a head and shoulders of a person (like the portrait I’m working on right now).

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Your process is amazing!

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Thanks Jeannie!

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Oh, how lovely, Jana. And it is such fun and interesting to see the steps you went through. Thank you. ❤

Thanks Annie. I appreciate you took the time to leave a note!

It’s beautiful.

Thank you Monica!

I love seeing the process. Do you have a youtube channel?

Thank you Dale. Nope, no you tube channel. I barely can get around to posting on my blog. I have a post ready to go but was debating whether to include the process photos. I’m glad to hear they’re helpful and I’ll probably go ahead and include them again, maybe assembled as a little video.

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