the Pink Dahlia is finally completed...

Here's the finished version (I hope!) of the Pink Dahlia. Just gotta leave it alone!

Here's where I started from after removing some color from the center and then brightening it up with Transparent Yellow.

This is what the dang dahlia looks like after adding some Permanent Rose and some Thalo Blue to the mix and just starting to work on darkening the center.

Adding some darks to the center helps and finding the "home" for all the petals...

I also added a Transparent Yellow wash over the background, helps to settle down the jumpiness. I thought the background was too jarring for the dahlia.

Now I can start on my next Friday Class image and also the next Filoi workshop coming in July!
Thanks for stopping by....