That big fluffy pink flower. Wow. It wasn’t a short journey to get it to where it is. SO many little variations in value and saturation as it moves from left to right. The bulk of my time was spent blocking in general values and hues, then slowly chipping away at little details. It’s interesting to move your eye around a flower and learn its petals and folds. I’m not sure how time will develop my ability to be efficient in painting these, but I sure hope it is kind to me because I don’t want to spend an hour every time I get to paint a beautiful frilly flower.
Dear future Morgan, if you are capable of whipping these flowers out, please give yourself a generous pat on the back and let you anxieties about life go because you are truly succeeding.
From start to finish, this painting took about three hours which includes set up, mixing paints, and tear down. The actual painting time was about an hour.
A note on oil painting progress: I have developed a better sense of chipping away at the background through leaves! This is my favorite of the flowers I’ve been working on the past few days as far as keeping the background IN the background and creating nice sharp edges for my leaves and stems. Let’s keep up the good work, Morgie!
