Oil Paintings 4 & 5 -- "Loose Cut Flowers"

 I spent 4 or 5 days (1-2 hours a day) 

painting the one on the left.  I decided it would

be a good exercise to do the same thing in just one hour.

I named them "Loose Cut Flowers" and "Looser Cut Flowers".

 And which one did I enjoy the most?  Looser one.

And which one do I think looks the best?  Looser one.

 

This is the "tighter" one.  And really,

the only parts that I was actually happy with were these two flowers.

8-10 hours for "eh".

 I like the palette knife background of the looser one,

and paper wrapping (three minutes instead of

an hour and three minutes.)

 This is my favorite flower on the looser painting.

I think if I spend more time pre-planning,

doing the background color well,

and doing composition well -- it will pay off,

and I can get away with loser painting.