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Peach Parfait Roses 33

Mona Pendleton | Tuesday, June 21, 2016 @ 10:41 PM | Gary Jenkins , Roses , The Beauty of Oil Painting

Hi! I hope you're having a great week so far! Today I switched paintbrush strokes and painted a few roses on an 11" x 14" canvas panel inspired by a lesson in The Beauty of Oil Painting book by Gary Jenkins. I'm not really thrilled with how the roses turned out but at some point, one must move on. Gary always reminds his students that one will probably have to paint at least 400 hundred roses to get the hang of the strokes! I'm two closer to my goal ;)

99.9 % of my paintings are "alla prima" style meaning (at first attempt) a wet on wet technique.

For color inspiration, I joined along with this week's ColourQ color challenge:

I'm joining along with this week's Paint Party Friday site:

Thanks so much stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

33 Sweet Comments So Far:

alexandra s.m. said...: Oh my! Another beauty Mona!
Your paintings take my breath away!!; Reply June 21, 2016 at 11:16 PM
Ros Crawford said...: What stunning colours! A real beauty!; Reply June 22, 2016 at 1:55 AM
Petra Swart said...: The colours you have worked with are so beautiful, Mona!!!! Another absolutely wonderful painting!!! TFS
Have a great day!!!; Reply June 22, 2016 at 3:47 AM
Samra said...: Oh my gosh, this is stunning!!! Love the color palette and such wonderful airy feeling to it.
Hugs
Samra
Paper Talk with Samra; Reply June 22, 2016 at 5:54 AM
Marjan said...: You may be critical about your roses and ofcourse you have to be to keep learning, but I think they are very beautiful! Also love you choice of colors.; Reply June 22, 2016 at 6:16 AM
Anonymous said...: Love your Roses!; Reply June 22, 2016 at 7:23 AM
Susan Lankford said...: Oh, love the contrast of colors between the leaves and flowers...also, the leaves are painted beautifully!; Reply June 22, 2016 at 9:27 AM
Unknown said...: I am sure you'll reach your goal!! But that's a stunner too! You really inspire me to get my oil paints out!; Reply June 22, 2016 at 10:34 AM
Vicki Finger said...: My goodness! You are incredibly talented. What a gorgeous image and I saw many many others in your gallery. Simply breathtaking; Reply June 22, 2016 at 12:34 PM
Greta said...: Gorgeous use of the colors, Mona! I love these roses!; Reply June 22, 2016 at 1:40 PM
Lisa Elton said...: Another work of art Mona! I think they're lovely and remind me of peonies one of our neighbors grows. Thanks so much for joining us at ColourQ!; Reply June 22, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Helen Wallace said...: With the amount of practice you do, I'm sure you will reach your goal. Just the 400 eh!! That must be reassuring to hear. To me, your Art is already impressive; imagine what it will become as you practice, practice, practice :D; Reply June 22, 2016 at 8:17 PM
Cheryl W. said...: This looks amazing, Mona. I love that blue foliage. If you had asked me about this color combo before I saw it, I might have wrinkled my nose a bit - but it's gorgeous! So fun to see the colors you put together.; Reply June 22, 2016 at 9:04 PM
itsazoo said...: Gorgeous.....; Reply June 23, 2016 at 12:54 AM
Sue Lelli said...: 398 to go but I personally would be THRILLED with these! Beautiful!; Reply June 23, 2016 at 7:37 AM
Stella said...: I would at least have to paint a 1000 of them:) Geesh Mona; you are learning but certainly learning fast. I think this is gorgeous!; Reply June 23, 2016 at 12:01 PM
Pam said...: I love your painting! Always find your work stunning.; Reply June 23, 2016 at 2:14 PM
Patty O'Malley said...: Well, all I know, Mona, is that I love this painting as well as all your previous ones!; Reply June 23, 2016 at 2:54 PM
Kathy Bradley said...: So very gorgeous with soft and lovely colors!; Reply June 23, 2016 at 6:37 PM
DVArtist said...: Mona your talent with painting flowers is just superb.; Reply June 23, 2016 at 7:20 PM
GabrielleH said...: Another stunning painting, Mona! The colors are absolutely divine! TFS!; Reply June 23, 2016 at 7:42 PM
Michelle said...: Mona, this is truly stunning! Thanks for joining us at ColorQ!; Reply June 25, 2016 at 5:29 PM
AimeeOh said...: Lovely painting. Kinda takes your breath away!; Reply June 26, 2016 at 7:36 AM
Sylvia said...: Beautiful painting, Mona, some people can paint a lifetime and not do as good as you have done on your first try...relax and don't be as hard on yourself. You are painting now, but look back at your first blogged card compared to your last one. Hopefully we all evolve with each stroke or stamp! Thanks for joining us at the colourQ, always enjoy your work!; Reply June 27, 2016 at 5:34 AM
Anonymous said...: These roses are beautiful!!! My favorite flower, AND my birthday is on July lol!!! LOVE, LOVE; Reply June 27, 2016 at 3:15 PM
Gale Evans said...: Stunning roses! Love the colors so much!; Reply June 27, 2016 at 7:18 PM
Davi said...: Beautiful Mona, I love the colors! The cool thing about painting is that every one you do gets better and technique improve. I think you are doing a fabulous job :); Reply June 27, 2016 at 8:57 PM
stampingbowd said...: Gorgeous!!! I love how you have painted everything in blues and then added the pop of peach for the roses. You are so talented!; Reply June 28, 2016 at 8:14 AM
stampingbowd said...: Gorgeous!!! I love how you have painted everything in blues and then added the pop of peach for the roses. You are so talented!; Reply June 28, 2016 at 8:14 AM
LauraVi said...: Love the colours, so romantic and dreamlike painting!; Reply June 29, 2016 at 10:07 PM
Lisa said...: Oh wow, Mona, this is just absolutely stunning!! It's so dreamy and magical!! I love the colors!! I am so in awe of your painting!! Gorgeous!! Have a great evening!! Big hugs :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts; Reply June 30, 2016 at 5:17 PM
Debbi said...: My jaw just dropped! You are an amazing artist! Can't believe you aren't selling your work! Amazing!; Reply July 5, 2016 at 12:42 AM
Holly AKA KopyKat said...: OMG I love these peach flowers against the bluegrey background, so fabulous. This is totally your calling....well one of them, because I love your card making and scrap pages as well. I think you have inspired me tonight to delve deeper into my creativity (once school is finished of course) and keep trying new things.; Reply July 29, 2016 at 10:42 PM