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Published: 2016-06-06 14:23:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 182; Favourites: 10; Downloads: 2
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This was a present for my lovely mother-in-law. The photo isn't very good at all, so I tried to edit it to make it look more like the real thing.Acrylic paint on canvas
Sorry I can't remember where I got the reference photo... I'll update once I've found it. aha.. found it 'Blood Red Peony' by Deborah Humphries. I have used artistic licence, with the perspective, I've stretched the image, and placed petals in different places, and completely ignored some etc. I hope she doesn't mind me using her gorgeous photo as inspiration.
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Holy Bean Sprouts!!! I thought this was a photo!! I didn't read the tags, and when I read ..."the photo isn't..."
Very impressive Ani! 
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You're welcome! I know who I'm going to with painting questions! 
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Lovely painting, Ani. We have a deep red peony like this just about to flower in our garden; the buds are just showing red.
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Thank you They're such beautiful flowers. Do you ever draw/ paint flowers?
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Before I started drawing in 2009 I tried painting soon after I retired and did this watercolour of a Bee orchid Bee Orchid . It was the last watercolour painting I did. I had done just two before this - a very boring exercise of three mugs from a book, and a painting of a cup and saucer from life (also not fulfilling).
After I started drawing a couple of years later I drew one flower, in graphite pencil, but found it unchallenging Drawing of a fuchsia blossom, September 2009 . Flowers definitely need colour, which is beyond me.
The fuchsia was a simple flower to draw but your peony must have been difficult - I would get lost amongst all those petals!
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Well Ani I see you got the photo uploaded. Well worth it. Great work!
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You are most welcome dear!
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