Paintings
I finally finished this painting. It was only a few more hours of work but I had put it off for so long I wasn't sure if I would actually get it done. I am happy with the way it turned out. I wasn't sure if I would like making a rose without making it look perfectly like a real rose; I figured I would ruin it in trying to make it slightly abstract, but I am happy to say that I didn't ruin it.
I finished this one so that the girl who had commissioned it would have before she left after graduation. I finished and was pleased with the results, but the girl who had me paint no longer wanted to pay what we had a agreed upon. Her mom wanted to pay half of what I have priced it at. That was just unbelievable to me and very disappointing to have her back out. But now I still have this painting for sale and hopefully I can sell it.
I started the fourth layer on this painting, it is not a complete layer yet but it is progress. I am liking the way it is looking even though it is going quite a bit darker than I had originally planned. Darker both in color and in context as well. My friend Nate saw it and thinks that I have problems; he said it's disturbing.
