Bouquet #7 - February 2026

I have no concrete inspiration that sparked this idea, but once it came I had to run with it. I was intrigued by the idea of a newsprint background with bold flowers and limited pops of color.  What’s more classic than black and white with a bold pop of red?

Bouquet #7

In my brain the red was going to be the only pop of color, that pop of color was going to be the flowers, but I loved the look of the outlines on the print so much I couldn’t bring myself to color them red. Enter the bold red vase.  Once I had a bold red vase, it looked out of balance somehow.  I needed more weight to balance the bouquet.  Leaves were gonna be a must.  They didn’t look quite right in black, so they had to be green to complement the red.  For further composition balance I added the little flecks of yellow.  In the end this bouquet became all about the texture, with bold pops of color to for balance..  

Bouquet #8 will be the final bouquet of the month…will I stop there or will the bouquets carry on into March?  Come back to find out.