Success Rose

I started trying to make paper roses following this tutorial, in large part because the roses pictured in the tutorial are so gorgeous.

While I was making my first rose I didn't bother to document most of the early stages because I assumed that, as usual, the first attempt or two would turn out hilariously ugly. To my pleasant surprise my very first rose turned out lovely! I'm going to use this technique for all the rest of my roses from now on, and find something else to make with tissue paper.

So, without further ado, here is what I've documented of the making of this rose:

These are some of the water-color painted petals I didn't end up actually using in the rose.

This is the center of the rose. At this point I realized the rose was turning out wonderfully and was worth photographing.

This is me fussing with the rose, adding more petals to the center.

This is the final product.