The rose is now complete. It is the most intense colour I have used on a flower and not what I would call pretty, but perhaps I could say passionate! Not all the water drops are to the standard that I would like but watercolour is unforgiving of contrast once the paint is on the paper. I shall move onwards now to my next project which may take a while to plan out before I put paint to paper. I have decided to continue in a square format but a little larger at 55cm square.