Gladiolus on silk

This is my first try when I paint gladiolus and also first time when I paint it on silk. Results was good enough for me.
My first idea of color was light yellow base and very light purple edge, but first I add purple and can't make it any lighter, so paint all blooms with strong purple edges and yellow to orange base. Red centre just make it looks more like true gladiolus. I can say that to paint a sketch of gladiolus I took about 6 hours, but to place it on silk and color it I have the same 6 hours. So 12 hours for this simple look glad's.
And here is few close up photos.

 

 

 Thanks for looking.
Edvinas

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