This week I picked some of the chrysanthemums that have been blooming on our deck. I've done two little paintings of them so far; here is the first one, in stages:
First, a photo of the setup
Stage One: rough in the darks, leaving space for the lights
Stage Two: add color and the basic shapes--beginning to develop a focus
Stage Three: getting more specific; I think it's about done.
One more dot and it's finished.
I think I even managed to spell chrysanthemum right three--no, four--times.