Still Life: Flower in Vase

Finished my first still life in my home studio. Overall, I like it. The rose looks like a flower, the leaves look like leaves, the vase looks like a vase, etc.

The only part that I'm not happy about is that the edges aren't that well done. I think that the background is a little distracting. However, edge work is definitely one of the marks that indicates a professional painter versus one learning. This is an area that I have to study more.

Overall, I think that it came out okay.