Peony oil painting demo

Peony-ness. Painting the feel, the energy, the spirit of my subject is more the goal of creating than just painting what the subject looks like. This is my painting from my weekly Wednesday morning live from yesterday where I painted not just a peony but tried my best to paint peony-ness. So tell me, was it a success? Did I capture the essence of peony-ness? Changing your thought process from thinking about painting a thing to thinking about painting the essence of that thing can make a big difference in how you see…and in the end, how the painting feels. You can watch the video below to see this peony painting come to life. Enjoy!