Essentials Cafe

 Hello!

I'm Dan, from Romania. You must be very kind with my 'strong english language' but hope you will understand what I will have to say

Here's a peony painted in Essentials 3 with Acrylics, Pencils and PS colours manipulation.

Regards, Dan

 Beautifully subtle tones and texture Dan. I like this piece.

I like this as well.

You have created a very striking difference between the foreground and the background, and all with great tones.

The peony POPS! right out of the middle!

Unusual colour combination, and it works fantastically well.   This looks very skilful and beautiful to me.   Did you start with a photo?

 Thanks for the nice comments!

Anne, I started with a personal photo.

Dan

 Very nice!  Well done.

 Welcome Dan, an unusual and very effective artwork, excellent.

 Orv and Tolouse, Thank you for the kind words!

Dan

This is great Dan, I like the color mix and it reminds me of watercolor, one of my favorites.  How did you get the border?  I thought it looks like handmade paper type.  I like it a lot too.  I look forward to more.

Terri

 Terri, Thank you!

I did the border in PS. Below the painting layer make a white layer then on a mask, paint with a brush for border.  

Dan