Experiment with back grounds

This has three undercoats. It is hard board, and the first coat was a hoge poge  of color. I used reds and blues and purple but no medium.

The second coat was almost all medium with purples and little else, oh a touch of white, but not much more. Then I waited for it all to dry. To get the desired look I wanted a dark center. It should trail to the right almost a curve.

This going to have a rose in the center and dark foliage behind that to bring out the flower.

I sometimes have as much fun painting these backgrounds as I do painting the whole pictures.
Keep an eye out  for this background in upcoming blogs.

Keep your backgrounds crazy  and your brushes wet.