This might sound silly, but what I learned from this one is that I can have small things running off the edge of the canvas, as long as they're not the center of attention. Often I have things cut off, but generally they're large on the canvas. Suddenly I feel like I have a lot more space on my canvas. Like I said ... it's silly. I also learned that if I'm not happy with one part of my painting, I can wipe just it off, and try it over. The flower was a bit oddly shaped, and I came back into my studio after an hour or so and decided to throw caution to the wind and redo it. I'm much happier with it.
