Oil painting tips - don't end with a failure

A couple of days ago, I had a bad painting day. Everything I did was terrible.

Rather than give up, I kept wiping the canvas clean and starting over. For several hours this went on.

It is important to end a painting session on a good note, otherwise if you give up when you fail that is what you remember, the failure. So keep at it until the painting works, and don't be afraid to start over. Eventually, your head will get out of the way and the painting process will take over and it will be magical again.

When I finally felt I could live with the image on the canvas, I stopped. This is the resulting painting. For fun, I took some pics of the flowers to show the inspiration.