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The White Rose painting is now finished. Its done in the way Georgia O'Keeffe painted her large flower paintings, only I painted it in my own realistic style. I used my own photo that I had of this flower and sketched it loosely on to the canvas. I then erased the pencil marks a little at a time as I was painting section by section. The paint covers the faded pencil marks I made previously. Its a good idea to use the best white paint color you can find on the market to cover the marks as best you can, because it can show through if your not careful. White can be transparent. The white of this flower is on the cool side and so I mixed paint colors in blues and greens and added touches of yellows just to give it some punch and a little warmth. I think an area of this painting I really find interesting are the leaves at the bottom. All in all, I'm pleased with the way this painting turned out.
I am about three quarters done on my painting. I still have the left side to finnish and do some minor touch ups to the whole painting towards the end. I added a little more color as well to give it a bit more life, but the goal here is to keep it light and soft looking, always keeping it looking white as much as possible.So far, so good!
