| I do a lot of these small "flower portraits" with dark, blue/green backgrounds. This is an approach I picked up from Virginia artist Joe Phillips. I use it a little differently than Joe, but it's been pretty successful for me so far. I don't know why I make so many of the images square! -- they just seem to work better that way.
As always, I begin first with references and a thumbnail sketch. I usually work either from life or from my own photos, but in this case I wanted a more unusual looking bloom than my long-suffering garden was able to provide, so I also raided a few bulb catalogs for ideas. Here's some of the reference photos . . .
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