Roses in Cobalt Blue Bottle

Study 1-4 in that order
A lady at work shared her roses with me (her son works at a florist). I painted these in my Aquabee 6x9 sketchbook. (I love that thing!) I used Yarka Professional Watercolors. Okay, I did these at work - I know it's a terrible confession - but it was a slow day and these roses were calling to me. You see, I have a teacup on my desk that looks like - just that - a teacup, but I put water in it and use it to paint - I sort of hide behind the door to my boss' office and set everything up on my desk beside the computer. An artist has to do what an artist has to do!

As you can see it was the cobalt blue bottle that really called to me to paint it. I kept cutting the roses off - I love cobalt blue bottles and don't care that much for roses. But after a critique from a coworker and friend, I did the last study and cut the bottle off instead of the flowers. I also loosened up quite a bit and didn't draw beforehand - just painted directly.