The Life of a Flower

Short, is the life of a flower... Useless as well... I'm a flower...

I need to work on teqnique here I think. There are some spots I see that could use a little work... hmm. I used a reference picture and tried to paint what I saw. I think I need a tablet, that would make it easier.

[link] was my inspiration. This rose is far better than my blossom.

Reference photo can be found here: [link]
I hope the did the real thing justice.

Done in PS7. Time Taken: about 7 hours combined... or so. Time gets distorted when you don't sleep... lol