Flora for Laura

Here's an acrylic painting I did for my girlfriend this Christmas.
I haven't painted in a while, but it was just like riding a bike... kinda dangerous, but worth the risk!
She likes Paris and flowers and these colors, so that's where I started.
I've never been to France so I looked up some photos on the web, selected a few I liked and started scribbling some thumbnail sketches.
I put a couple of coats of gesso on a 16 x 20 canvas board, let it dry and then lightly sanded the surface. I paint kinda thin, so I try to get a smoother surface. From there, I just started painting. I roughed it out in purple first. I knew that was going to be an important color in the end image. That's about it. I work background to foreground (standard stuff) and built up in layers. The end image is made-up. I used reference for the flowers and the Eiffel tower, but as a whole I assembled it.
She was happy with the final piece, which made me happy!