A poured rose

Sometimes, a paint pour doesn't go the way you'd hope. The other day, I had one blah result after another.  I'd scrape off the canvas after swirling the colors into a muddy grey, and start again just to get more boring paintings. I was ready to quit (before I went broke, I'd wasted bottles and bottles of paint), and get back on with my regular style of work and give up on this technique that was becoming sooooo  frustrating.

At one point, I looked at the grey mess, and though, hey, that could be a pretty background. So, I poured this rose. It started as a pink blob. I added cranberry and white, then swirled them with a palette knife to get this.

After it dried, I added detail and depth with a paint brush. Here is a close of up the pretty cells that formed when I pulled the knife across the wet paint.  

Nope, not gonna quit now. I want to go dump and swirl more paint!!!

You can find this painting in my Boutique, here