thorns in my mind

The photograph was taken by a fellow wder Li. I think she did a great job with the composition and colours. I knew I had to paint this the moment I saw it. After about 25mintues of sketching and another 15 minutes of initial paint layer, the painting as seen in WIP1 and looked promising. But after spending another hour and a half and with the WIP2, I concluded that this is not something I can pursue right now. And I decided to put some creativity in and finished it at what can be seen in the final one. Its acrylics on paper approx 17.5cms*17.5cms and took a total of 3 hours.

WIP1

WIP2

Finished painting

Original