#173 & #174 Wild Roses on Boxes - 8/14/19 and 8/15/19

I continued on my flower rampage....even though I felt my first rose mishmash was lackluster.  I have had these two short wooden boxes gesso'd and attached to cardboard since March, waiting for the right project.  I had seen and admired these same size wooden boxes on pinterest painted with mishmashes of flowers that wrap the sides.  Now that I have been formally introduced to flower painting, the marriage proposal was made, and the boxes accepted the match.  Over the past two days, I painted away.  Except I doctored the rose recipe a bit....little dots in the center, and now they're wild roses.  These roses make me happier, they're cheerier than the regular roses.  Plus, I finally used the wooden boxes! I took pictures along the way (although, I don't have a pic of the boxes before they had their life redefined as canvases, which would have made for a fun "makeover" sequence).

I attacked it pretty much like the first rose project...three versions of red for the flowers with raw umber centers.  Yellow and blue in different proportions here and there to make for a water-colory greenery in the background...pretending like some were leaves and whatnot, but at the end using a rough brush to slightly smear it all together.  Go over everything again to be sure the nooks and crannies were filled (the wood boxes were a bit rough, even though I coated them with 3 coats of thick gesso....everytime I would think I had it all covered another white pit would jump out).  Second to last: add the "petals".  And last: add the center dots.