I love looking at flowers but I rarely buy them and am happy to wander round the flower stalls at supermarkets just looking! These flowers and jugs are all painted from memory. I tend to start by painting a jug, add some flowers, invent a background, wonder what else to put in to fill up the spaces - it does mean that some parts are heavily overpainted where things didn't quite work. This painting is part palette knife, part brush. I think I need to add more light, the flowers in particular are looking a bit solid.
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