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| Pansies 9" x 12" Oil on canvas panel |
Thursday, June 14, 2012
A Little Painting of Pansies
Well, lesson 4 is done....or at least done for today. This simple little painting was surprisingly difficult. First, I've never done flowers...at least in still life...so that was a challenge. And then, I didn't really like the arrangement. I didn't feel any excitement or energy and I think the finished painting reflects that: it's dull and flat. Once again, there were many lessons learned here, some of them hard won. In the end, I've glad it's over and I'm ready to move on.
UPDATE: I worked on this little painting again. I'm still not satisfied, but I think it is somewhat improved. Oh well, time to move on!
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Dull and flat ?? I stopped here because I saw these lovely pansies and the gorgeous vase ! Not dull and not flat :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Jane. I think my frustration was showing a bit when I wrote that post. I had scraped the pansies at least twice...probably more. And it seemed like every time I repainted them, it was worse! Anyway, I do appreciate your comment and I gratefully accept it as a bit of perspective. Painting should be fun, but sometimes I get a little too tense about a particular challenge. However, I definitely do need more practice painting flowers!! LOL!
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