On a grey day...

... needing some color, I decided to paint some flowers. Inspiration - a bad photo of a part of a bouquet. I picked some flowers I liked, but I forgot to pay attention to the composition until it was too late. I like how the lily turned out. Stenciled some shapes with pan pastels. Note to self: composition comes first!

I think I will play around some more with the original photo and try to come up with an abstract composition. It is evident that drawing realistic carnations is not my forte.