BEFORE

I think this is the third or fourth time I’ve revised this painting. The listing recently expired on Etsy, so I figured it was the perfect time to bring it back to my work table and fix it. 

At first, I thought all I was going to change was the pink background. As much as I like the color pink, I didn’t think it went well with this painting. Turns out, I changed everything about the painting, including the flowers. 

I started with the background, and made it light green, which I liked but it needed something more. I ended up using the green paint on the table, which I like better than the b&w in the before pic. As I was working on the background, the skinny vase started to bug me, so that also had to go. 

The new larger vase went through a few color changes – bright blue, black, then white, and finally back to black again. As I’m looking at these photos, I like the white vase better, but yesterday, the white vase didn’t appeal to me. hm..I might have to change it back, and take another look. 

The cherries mostly stayed the same, other than adding a few more to the bowl. I decided to keep the wonky shaped bowl after trying to “fix” it, and not liking the results. 

This is as far as I got yesterday, and it took me most of the day. It felt good to work on a larger painting for a change. It’s been a while since I’ve done anything except work in my art journals lately, which is a post I need to write about soon. Stay tuned. 

Hope you have a peaceful, happy weekend. I’ll see you next week.  

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