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Larger Than Life Flower Painting

September 27, 2017 December 7, 2022 dm

I don’t usually paint flowers as I find they’re lacking the emotion and ‘story’ that I think is important in a successful painting.

However, it makes a great study and is helpful for practicing technique so still worthwhile.

I took a photo of our last Dahlia of the season (2016), enlarged and framed it on the computer screen and took a screenshot to use as a reference photo. I’ve always admired closeups of plants and flowers so I thought I’d give it a try! 

Larger than life watercolor painting

What do you think? Do you like painting larger than life flowers?

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Doug Moore has been practicing the art of watercolor for several years. Recently he has picked up the pace and has done more paintings and videos to show the process and teach others what he knows.

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