still life in oil: process post #2

As soon as I settled on a composition for this piece, things started going a bit more quickly, unfortunately (and predictably) becoming a more difficult process along the way. The first large issue I ran into was that my candle holder was inaccurate when I transferred it onto my canvas in charcoal, which I did not fully realize until I started painting - you can see the clear difference between that portion of my composition between the third and fourth photos above. I also realized more fully how difficult flowers are to paint, and have struggled with painting the flowers that I imagine in my head rather than the ones that I am looking at in my reference. Within the last process photo shown, the flower on the right is a but more accurate and it's easier to tell the direction in which the flower is pointing. I also adjusted the large flower on the left a bit more, which has improved. The next (and last) steps for my grisaille are refining the flowers with more detailed shadows and highlights, and adding some finish highlights on the whole piece before moving on to color washes.