Monday felt like a good day to paint but my fatigued brain was void of fresh new ideas… I retreated to my comfort zone, pulled out one of my fav watercolors, and painted it in oil. Wow, what a challenge. It sometimes feels foreign to do the darks first and lights last rather than save my whites/lights until last, as in watercolor. It was also a big challenge to get splatters in oil – there must be a trick to that. I may end up going back into this and adding a few more highlights before I call it finished [even tho I signed it :( ]. I suspect some opaque lights in the purple flowers might be cool but I’m thinking it over. Anyway, here are a couple of shots of the painting in process and my source painting “Royalty”. Cheers!
Yellow ground laid and subject sketched in… 
Part way through… still needing the highlights.
I hate it when I feel like being creative and come up blank. I love the splatters.
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