So, here's the thing. I find that when I'm about 80% near completion of a painting, I have a hard time "seeing it" anymore. Many artists give helpful hints about what to do to help you re-gain some perspective. Things like: look at the painting upside down, put it out of sight for a while, look at it in a mirror, etc. If you go back a while in this blog (August 2015) you'll see that originally I "completed" this painting, varnish and all, and posted it as shown below. THEN, a few weeks later I put it in front of the mirror and immediately saw the problem with it. That gravity-defying blossom on the left - Yuck! The good thing was that this gave me the opportunity to try removing varnish (Gamvar varnish is removable with mineral spirits - thank goodness) and repair the painting. It went well and now I'm much happier with it! Lesson learned (I hope)!
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