Tricky subject again, next time I'm doing a simpler one! I thought the Iris flowers looked a bit like butterflies. I struggled with the background colour, I chose a muted yellow and it looked horrid so I scraped off and put on off white, it's better but it looses some of the spontaneity. I haven't really painted a bunch of flowers before, lovely colours and I will do more...
a very difficult subject. What I see is that each flower has been painted from a different aspect, no two are the same. The background is insignificant because each flower head is so striking, shapely and interesting.
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Love the Irises but, if I am honest, Matt steals the show. How cute is he?
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