Yeah!  The challenge is over.  While I didn't paint every day, I posted 22 paintings, and painted on 25 days.  There were 3 additional paintings that I started, but didn't complete to a point where I was comfortable posting them.  All in all, I painted more regularly than I ever have, 
gained confidence, built a better painting work ethic, and I believe I learned a number of lessons as I worked.  So I'm satisfied that my participation in the challenge was well worthwhile.

Today's painting is based on a photo by Kim Steinman, with her permission.   I want to tackle it again soon in order to achieve a sunnier effect on the featured flowers.  I used this one to experiment with different approaches to laying down the paint for the flowers on a dark background, using different brushes and palette knives, both with and without medium.   I don't think I've yet found the most efficient and effective method for capturing the light on the flowers.