Flower

This is my first try at an iris.  I painted it from a picture taken in my yard.

I also am happy that my paintings haven't been as dark.  I used to have a shop light directly over my painting spot in the basement.  This was too much light directly overhead and was part of the reason that I was painting so dark. I moved the shop light behind and fiddled with a temporary light, so that I wouldn't have shadows. It is working much better!