Developing Paintings Further

I had a couple hours in the studio Sunday morning  

and wanted to paint something from life,  

so I put a bucket of poppies and sunflowers 

on the counter in front of a sunny window.

"Poppies in the Studio"

8 x 8 quick oil study  

on carton board

In an effort to develop my paintings further, 

I worked on it some more today. 

Poppies in Studio

w.i.p. 

I dulled down the objects in the front,

made the window lighter

and played with a pallet knife,

all the while overthinking every move. 

My goal is to learn how to re-visit paintings

 without loosing that 

the initial excitement 

of the moment.

Not easy.