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| First stage |
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| The first stage |
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| The first stage completed |
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| Second Stage, I added warmth to the background |
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| Second Stage, added warmth all over |
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| Stage 3 and 4, kept adding color. Its always at this point that I get so caught up in the painting that I forget to take photos! Maybe next time I'll remember. |
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| I think I'm finished but I'm not sure. I'll have to wait and see. |
I was very excited to do a large painting because its been 5 years or so since I've done something really big! Of course once I got started my excitement turned into disappointment! I was fine with stages 1 and the beginning of stage 2 but then it was driving me crazy doing the end of stage 2. I figured out a couple of reasons why, #1 I wasn't using enough paint. I figured that out last night when I was looking at a tiny 4x4 painting that I had done. I just didn't know why my little ones were so lush and the big one wasn't. Duh! I wasn't using enough paint! I had forgotten how much paint a large painting takes. I had a teacher tell me once that you should only do 3 strokes at the most before loading your paint brush again. I can't say that I always adhere to that advice but it certainly solves the problem of not using enough paint! #2 I am painting green flowers! One thing about painting green things...you really need to use colors other than green to make green. I know it sounds crazy but green paint tends to make things look fake. I think I'm pretty happy with the results but I will keep an eye on it to see if I change my mind.
