Here is Georgia's set up. I like the contrast between the heavy earthen vase and the light, delicate flowers.
As a general note for everyone-It's helpful if the photos of both your work and of your reference is are larger. Some are coming in at higher pixel sizes, which is great. For the others please send at least the large option when emailing. In this case, because the set up is a small portion of the photo and it's not a big file, it's difficult for me to see a lot. Thanks.
1. I like the stems and leaves above the rim of the vase. It elevates the flowers a little making them feel even lighter.
2. If I were painting this subject I'd look to keep the shapes softer and more rounded and flowing as in the photo. Especially the edges.
3. I like the larger scale of the main flower relative to the others.
4. Especially compared to this smallest flower. Notice the nice rhythm of the silhouette/contour of this flower.
5. Here I'm highlighting the shape and color of the leaves. Notice that the leaves have a nice rounded shape and they tend to be a slightly greyed, bluer, green, The place where the stem meets the flower is closer to a chrome green.
6. A few lines where I indicated the overlapping rounded shapes that form the cup of the flower. The shadows and the silhouettes tell most of the story. Of course that's a slight simplification as flowers are really complex forms.
Below I just indicated more of the same idea based roughly on the photo. Notice that I also smoothed the contours of some of the flowers. If there is one issue with Georgia's painting that could be easily addressed to improve it, it would be to soften the slightly spikey edges of the flowers. I also moved, reduced the size and simplified the highlights on the vase.
No sooner had I indicated the shadows on the flowers when Georgia sent a quick study that shows the understanding of the stuff I mentioned above.
Another great job Georgia.
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