Rose of Sharon

Rose of Sharon   12x24"  oil on linen

Who knew the Rose of Sharon flower was shy about being painted?  I hardly was an hour into the painting when all the blossoms started closing up!!  So while I did work from life, I had no choice but to use my experience with flower painting to complete this painting.  Working from memory and knowledge.  It was more challenging than I had planned when I picked the flowers this morning!  Oh well, chalk up another learning experience!

I hadn't painted grapes in a while..that was fun. 

I used a bit of painting knife toward the end to create some texture.

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