There is a reason that I don't paint flowers.

This is one of my worst paintings in a long time.  The fact that I worked in the hot sun before I started painting and then sat in the sun to paint probably didn't help.  I did learn a lot though.  Before we go to Britain I need to invest in some journals with decent paper.  This ended up almost all one value and the contrast between greens and reds didn't add the variation that I had hoped for. I grayed my greens too much.  I needed to do a better job of retaining my lights.  Scrubbing out isn't much of an option on cheap paper.  In real life the fuschias are a brilliant rose and mauve colour.

 I have now painted for two days in a row.  I am on a roll.