A daffodil for spring.

A daffodil for spring
acrylic and pencil
22"x30"

Again, I approach figure painting with trepidation. So that I could get a handle on gradual value change (well, gradual for me) I kept to a restricted palette- yellow, orange pencil and titan buff. At the end, I added green gold because the yellow was hurting my eyes.
I get so much satisfaction from a good figure drawing and when I achieve a passable figure painting. Some people feel that a painting should have soul. I agree that a painting should have some reason for being, some philosophy or thought behind it. But when I'm honest with myself, I paint because I like doing it.

Looking at the photo, her right shoulder does not recede enough so I painted a little yellow on it. This is a very modern painting, it's already obsolete.

When are the installers going to come? I'm starving.