Blooms with Butterfly

I am working on the oil layers now, over the acrylic underpainting.
- First, making the flowers REALLY red,
- then knocking back that unrealistically blue sky.
- Next, the greenery - lighter and sunnier, and less detailed to keep it in the background. 

So far, I am happy with it. next highlights and shadows, then work on the butterfly, which is still in dull acrylic.

My next painting is already in my mind: "Migration"  = Monarch butterflies high over a farmland landscape. Let's see how that goes :)
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