Felt like Spring Fever
I spent several hours in front of the easel this afternoon and finished some 6 x 8 canvases. I'm most pleased with these two (there are more at Flickr.)
Here's Queen Pooh Bah (also known as Puppy) sitting on one of the living room chairs.
And here's a bunch of tulips from the grocery store photographed a month ago. I'm not sure how to make the painted ones look as glossy as the photograph, but overall, I liked the variations in the colors of the petals and the feeling of movement in the shapes and background.
Comments and suggestions welcome.
2 comments:
Thanks so much for the lovely comment! I'm very glad that it brought me to your blog! I must say that I like the textural effects you are able to achieve with the way you paint. The pink chair has a great tactile quality to it. Great job!
On making your tulips look glossy-you have already used highlight and shadow, so I would suggest that you might simply use a gloss medium and varnish over your painting. Realist painters might have other suggestions. Look up M.Collier. She seems to be able to achieve that. (I'm an Expressionist.)
I saw your listing on the Sketch Crawl list and wondered where you are and if you participated yesterday. We tried it here in Bryan/College Station yesterday for the first time. That was really nice to do!
Enjoyed looking at your blog. The cat named Puppy is so cute!
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