Daisy In Purple

 

This daisy with the purple background was the fourth of this flower series, done during Covid this Summer.  It may be a favorite for me.

The purple background and purple highlites in the flower make the flower pop.  Using purple for the background was a risk, but I think that it worked out well.

Magnolia 2020

 This is another one of the Flowers series that I did during Covid.  It is a Magnolia, which is a flower that I like.  We have a tree outside our lanai in Florida.

As in the other flowers, I used a dark background to emphasize the flower's colors.  This was a dark blue, Prussian Blue if I remember it clearly.  The blue compliments the yellow/orange in the center of the flower, I think.

The Daisy 2020

 Now, this one came out really nice, in my opinion!  It is from the flower series that I did during Covid.  I used the same technique as the Cosmo, but tried to use layering to add interest.  The center was fun to do as it has a lot of detail.  The key, for me, was trying to add detail, without being "perfect".  The leaves show this as they are not completely regularly spaced.

I may like this one better than any that I did this year. 

Cosmo 2020

This is the first in a series of flowers that I decided to do during the pandemic.  I have a book called 100 Flowers and there are some great images there.  So, I decided to take one as inspiration and do it.

I'm very happy the way this came out.  The color is different but I like the rich red.  I also tried to detail the inner stem in a way that it looked very real.

I like the way that this came out.  Even more real than my regular work.