Three weeks worth paint and canvas

My fun time at the easel painting flowers is over (for now). The last three weeks painting flowers is finally producing some results.  My flowers are starting to take shape. I even used one, #874, in my next AAC ad.....in my mind, serious progress. However, that being said, peonies seem to be my only viable flower I can paint. I did try a few others in painting #873 (below) but wasn't happy with any of it, so I'll leave that to another time.

 871 Peonies 30x30 oil on linen (11-28-13)

After my first one, #871 (above), I lost my way on the next two #872 and #873 (below). Sadly I became "determined"! The fun went out with the dishwater. My flowers became "overcooked objects" more than wet-in-wet " shapes, colour and light" that I like messing with. However the game changed quickly once I realized it with #874, #875 and #876, my last one for this series.

872 Peonies 30x30 oil on linen (12-2-13)

873 Spring Cuttings 30x30 oil on linen (12-9-13)

I spent the most time on this painting. It had potential because I was into it.  I lost it tho, and a very important detail, by overworking it, basically not finishing each passage in one session, leaving it to the following day with a fresh mind. Basically not staging my painting properly for a wet-in-wet process. Eventually, with reluctance, I painted over it with the thought of coming back later when the painting was dry.

  Lost details

The important intersection I needed in this painting (circled in red) needed to jump out beyond my star peony - if I could have pulled it off.....but as a wet-in-wet painter you know you only get one opportunity in this game.

GAME CHANGER - HAVING FUN AGAIN!

874 Peonies 36x30 oil on linen (12-12-13)
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875 Peonies 36x30 oil on linen (12-16-13)

876 Peonies - Shades of White (12-17-12)

I thought this was a neat little painting to stop at....perhaps wait for Spring and a new batch of flowers!

All in all this was a good three weeks work.  I wasn't looking for perfection in any of these paintings, but I have a couple favorites, perhaps a gallery painting, one I may even keep and a few that will end up in deep storage..:=)

Later....