2007 – Apple Blossom Spring

Normally I paint from the least interesting, least detailed to the most, which means that I paint the background first, and the focal point last. But I was really afraid of not being able to paint the delicate white petals. I didn’t want to paint it all and then ruin it by flubbing them. So I painted them first, then went back to working my way around the background. I painted the yellow centers of the blossoms last.