I decided to give myself a challenge, and paint a white flower that really does look like this.
Okay, some of you will think “Darn, that’s an ugly flower” (like my friend did), but it was a great painting challenge, with lots of lights and darks. I used a limited palette (titanium white, ultramarine blue, alizarin; yellow ochre, Hansa yellow, Hooker green, and burnt umber).
I think it is so…strange…it’s oddly beautiful.