Red Exotic Flower

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I must admit, I have been having lots of fun painting flowers.  My favorite color is red and I really wanted to paint a red elegant flower.

I first started, as always with a light pencil sketch.

I then continued with the background on the left and eventually started painting the petals.  I felt like blocking in the bigger parts of the paintings would give "life" to the painting.

I then continued working from the outside in on the right side of the canvas.

Finally I began painting the inside of the flower.  Here it wasn't so important to me to follow the sketch.  I just painted where I thought would look better with each color.

Here is the completed painting.

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Purple Flowers

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Before I started this painting, I had been thinking about doing a small painting.  I'm used to painting on big canvases and thought this would be a new challenge.  This purple flower seemed to be the perfect subject for a small 5 in. x 7 in. canvas.  I must say I liked the challenge.  There is something intimate about painting so small.

I first began as I usually do, with a light pencil sketch.  Right away I started painting the main flower; the purple flower.

I then continued painting in the background.  Other than some smaller flowers, I just wanted splashes of color than went well with the purple, blue, and yellow from the main flower.

I liked the red/orange color against the purple of the flower and then green of the background.  I must admit I really got into the painting and did not take another photo until the painting was finished. 

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