Rose Oil Painting, Daily Painting, Red Flower, Floral Still Life, 6x8" Oil, Small Oil Painting

A small study of a red rose.  Trying to get my flower power!!

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I enjoy a challenge....and for me, this was a challenge.  I would hate to tell you how much time I spent on this little 6x8" piece.

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I think it was worth the struggle.  Hopefully, the next rose will come a little easier.

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Carol Schiff
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A ROSE IS A ROSE..., 4X8, OIL SOLD

This is more than a daily painting..it's a multi-day painting.  I have worked off and on for three days on this little piece, trying to make it look presentable and maybe even "fresh".
I started off trying to do one of Qiang-huang's three-stroke roses.  After all, it looks very easy when he does it.  Needless to say, didn't work.  Didn't work the first time, or the second time, or even the third time. Scrape, scrape, scrape!!  So this is what I ended up with..not a Qiang masterpiece, but maybe better than I was expecting.

THE MANTLE, 6X8, OIL SOLD

Another view of my favorite vase (see post from Friday) along with one of my pastel paintings. I keep waiting for Karin Jurick to paint one of my works, but alas, it has not happened so I am forced to do it myself. (Just kidding, Karin)

ME AND MY SHADOW, 8X8, OIL

I was in the mood to paint flowers and found some pretty roses at the market. I put it in a shadowbox and threw strong light on it to create the shadow. The vase is special to me as it was a gift from a dear friend. I thought a rose and heart would be appropriate for this time of the year.

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