I've been at the studio a lot the past couple of weeks getting ready for Open Studios next weekend. I have paintings I want to show, but it is kind of wierd looking at the earlier ones because I've progressed since then. So I went back into two more paintings this weekend.
This flower painting was originally done as a quick study in my MFA painting class. It was done in a couple of hours and it really was a great exercise. It was the first, and one of the few, large paintings that I've done - I think it is 24x40 or something. I had a lot of fun painting this because it was so big and my teacher kept urging us to be quick.
But there were things about it that really bugged me - especially the background.
So Saturday I just said "f@#$ it" (sorry Mum) and started changing things.I am having a blast - just painting away and using my imagination.
- I have 3 pictures - the original, yesterday's changes, and where it is today. I'm going to keep going. The background is interesting now, but not right. Also want to put the tall flowers back in, but I'm waiting until I settle on the background.
Here's where it is now:
You seems to have great artistic skills that one can judge from your painting. The painting of flowers in a vase looks wonderful. Keep it up the good work. Beth Iflorist.co.uk
ReplyDeleteBeth - thank you so much, not just for the comment, but for checking out my blog. You made my day!
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