Hooray for oil paint! Yesterday, I ran out of gas and gave up on this painting. This morning, I realized I had let go of too many whites. The area behind the bee was too dark. It felt like it was sucking the bee into the painting instead of showcasing it.
I lightened up many leaves taking care to point them toward my subject the bee and make them curvilinear to add movement. I lightened flowers in the upper part using aerial perspective - when things get farther away they get lighter and bluer. Since I'm working in red, I made the red lighter and more blue than the area around my subject which I want to emphasize.
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