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This is a close up photo that I took of a beautiful orchid. It would make a beautiful painting!

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Nexo Sano on Instagram: "Llegará tu tiempo, no desesperes. #flowers #bouquet #timelapse #flower #blomming #motivacion #nexosano #flores #florecer"

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7,468 likes, 161 comments - nexosano on January 21, 2025: "Llegará tu tiempo, no desesperes. #flowers #bouquet #timelapse #flower #blomming #motivacion #nexosano #flores #florecer". 

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Growing Up with O’Keeffe: Preserving the Historic Ghost Ranch Home

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How Georgia O’Keeffe’s Brief Refuge in Bermuda May Have Inspired Her Fateful Move to New Mexico | Artnet News

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Georgia O’Keeffe twice found refuge in Bermuda as she struggled with her mental health for a brief period in the 1930s.

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https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-reveals-a-mini-treasure-trove-of-georgia-okeeffe-works-2186636

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How to Paint a Pink Rose: Step-by-Step Acrylic Painting Tutorial

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In the following paintings it is easier to recognize the flower...

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How to Blend Acrylic Paint - 3 Blending Techniques for Beginners – Painting Tutorial

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The pink area looks velvety and curved just like a flower petal in this screenshot from the blending video. Don't think about skipping the blending practice...

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John's Frescia...

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While I was waiting for one lily to open another at the back of the vase opened and gave me a lovely surprise. (Another riveting story about my exciting life during lockdown)...

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We can design our paintings by using the crop tool on our phone cameras, selecting sections of the photos that are visually interesting...

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Here is a photo an Amaryllis sent to me this morning...

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Here we can see that the closer we go to Kay's tulip when we are taking the photograph, the more it looks like a Georgia O'Keefe painting...

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I'm looking forward to watching the slow opening and unfurling of these lilies to see the beauty that lies within these buds. I will take photographs with my phone and post them here. They will be a beautiful source of inspiration to paint in them in the style of Georgia O'Keefe...

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Printout and tracing of the photo of the yellow rose...

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Even though this photo that I took of a daffodil is slightly blurred you can sharpen up the fuzzy areas in your painting...

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The following photo is a detail of the bottom right-hand part of the previous photo...

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Or if you prefer you could print it out and using tracing paper or grease-proof paper, trace the shapes of the light, medium and dark parts of the photo like this...

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Start by making an outline drawing of the shapes of the petals like this...

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Let's try making a painting from this photograph that I took of a yellow rose...

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Here is one of my own flower paintings. It is based on a photo of a rose that I no longer have.

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Here's a nice collection of the artist's flower and skull paintings. When asked why she painted the skulls and if they were symbolic of death, she said that she just thought they looked beautiful against the blue New Mexican sky...

https://youtu.be/2q-9kEl_Pek

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A song by Dan Fogelberg about Georgia O'Keefe...

https://youtu.be/_P4VnBYAvS4

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Some more lovely photos...

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Now let's paint a flower ourselves, inspired by the style and subject matter of Georgia O'Keefe...

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Some more beautiful photos...

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A video on how to use flowers as a source of inspiration like George O'Keeffe...

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A little video on how to blend acrylics...

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How to Paint: Georgia O'Keeffe Flowers with Mrs. Masiello

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How to Blend Acrylic Paint - 3 Blending Techniques for Beginners – Painting Tutorial