"A Cluster of Poinsettias"

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"A Cluster of Poinsettias"


In November I stopped at a local nursery and noticed a huge table full of both red and pink poinsettias just waiting for me to photograph. I decided to paint the pink poinsettias because they just stood out among the red ones. I sketched most of the flowers onto a larger canvas and added the paint. The hot pink color was so striking that I just couldn't stop painting. I had to deal with a lot of overlapping and fine line etching but it was all worth it in the end. What a surprise!

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