1. Open a canvas size 500x700, raster background.

2. Select the oil brush. See settings below.

 

3. Set your foreground color to #53387e and background color to #"410" height="87">  

3. Set your foreground color to #53387e and background color to #FFFFFF.

4. Paint the petals using an upward stroke. Concentrate on the height and placement of the petals. See figure 1 below.


5. Select the oil brush and use the same settings above, just change the brush size to 27. Now set your foreground color to #6e5992 and leave the background color to #FFFFFF.

6. Paint the petals using the upward stroke. See figure 2.

7. Apply highlights on the edges of the the petals. See figure 3.


 

8. Choose oil brush. Choose "soft light load". Use the settings below. Set your foreground color to #8f80 brush. Choose "soft light load". Use the settings below. Set your foreground color to #8f80ae
and leave the background white.

9. Apply outlines on the outer sides of the petal as shown below. Figure 4.

 

 


10. Select colored pencil/fine firm tip/ shape round/size 6/style tip/ softness 2/ head tracking track path. Set the foreground/background colors to #ce9d00. Draw a circular image on the middle of the flower as shown below. Figure 5.


11.  Make a selection by using the magic wand anywhere inside the circular image . Click on selections from the menu bar/ modify/expand to 4 pixels. Choose oil brush. Use the oil paint brush settings above and just change the brush type to bristle old clump. Set the foreground color to #ce9d00 and background color to #d8a700.

12. Apply oil paint inside the image using an upward strokes.

13. Leave the image selected. Choose the paint brush. Brush type is marble4. Colors are #ce7d00 .Use the settings below.

15. Apply a slight paint on the image, don't make it too  heavy.

16. Use the same settings for the second coat. Just change the colors to #b63c00. Just do a little dabbing for the second coating.

17. Use the same settings for the the 3rd coat. Change the colors to #871100. Do a little more dabbing. Your cone should look similar to the image below.


18. Deselect. Your image should look similar to the image below. You may now add the leaves and stalks for finishing touches.