The poinsettia plant seems to keep its leaves and flowers a long time, a fact I appreciated very much when I went to paint it.
I wanted to make an abstract background to contrast with the orderly array of red leaves. Instead of using gouache, as I had for the plant, I rubbed white pastels into the paper and then painted over it with clear gesso, which caused it to blend in. I like the way it turned out.
Deliberate Sketching 
this looks like the kind of plant that is so beautiful that fake versions of it are manufactured and people use it as decoration piece around their house, like a sophisticated kind of flower. i love this
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It is a gorgeous plant, I hope that many of them come your way across your life!
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Lovely flower painting. I like the idea of the interesting background – you are so creative, I never would have thought of that!
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Thank you Margaret. I get a lot of inspiration from your work, don’t sell yourself short!
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Beautiful rich colors and shading!
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Thank you Terry!
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Your poinsettia is beautiful, Sally!
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Thank you Laura, I missed you at Zoom drawing this week!
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