NOT not a flower

Not picked up brushes for a while. Forgot password to here ( and I devised it!!) So long since I logged on.

Sat in garden, in gazebo, not knowing what to paint, knew I didn't want to do more flowers!! .

I usually copy a photo or a YouTube but wasn't inspired by the lacklustre blue mountain landscape with boat on lake tutorial I copied.

So I picked some sweetpeas from garden, and gave painting from life a go. So, not a not flower after all

Jackie ( @30pics4jackiesdiamond )

[Sally Ings]

And what a beautiful painting you have created. Well done you @30pics4jackiesdiamond

[moni kozi]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond it's good you painted a not not flower, after all :) very pretty result. I admire your ability to go beyond what is actually there and make it your own and bring it to life. Not saying that the picture isn't nice. It is very pretty, but it is before the story. The painting, on the other hand, has already a story behind. It has seen things between the time the flowers were upright and until some of the petals have fallen.
Lovely!

[katy]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond incredible art! I think it’s a fantastic rendition of your flowers that are not flowers! Painting from real life is a step especially when you didn’t have a tutorial to follow either! Try painting this https://365project.org/grammyn/365/2020-09-16

[summerfield]

very nice rendition. aces! i might paint it myself with your permission. i think i might be limited to watercolours when the noise and dust starts. but i'm painting in acrylic tomorrow.

@grammyn - what! stones are difficult to render!

[JackieR]

@grammyn don't think so!! But, @summerfield look at that white background. Seriously thank you both for kind words

@monikozi I think it's called artistic licence?!

@salza thank you, I tried to be abstract and impressionist, but kept adding details!!!

[moni kozi]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond I'll go for creativity.

[Margo]

you did well

[summerfield]

@grammyn - dangit! sally painted the stones. now jackie and i would have to take the challenge! 🤣 @30pics4jackiesdiamond

i'm thinking, katy, that you're good at bullying us to paint! 😜

[katy]

@summerfield LOL! I prefere to think of it as challenging! ♥

[Kathy]

So lovely. I think the artist took a few liberties, but unless one is comparing the two blossom for blossom, one would not be disappointed.

[Jacqueline]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond This one looks very good too!

[JackieR]

@summerfield I did it!! My way!! I know @wakelys would have added a fish though