I spend quite a bit of time perusing pinterest postings of paintings....they've got me on their radar and every day I get an email saying "here are some more things that are just like the things you are obsessed with, take a look!" So, tonight I opened up my pinterest file called "Artist's Rendering
" and stopped on the first one that said, "wow, wouldn't it be great if you could do THIS". The white roses won, mostly because the other ones that were speaking a bit louder required a red canvas, which I don't have prepared right now. With a charcoal pencil I sketched the jar and some ovals that would be the flowers, that's it. Then I used raw umber and painted over the charcoal and added more raw umber so there would be darkness underneath in certain spots....and then I wiped it down with half a Kleenex. Should have used a paper towel, but the Kleenex box was within reach. Am I really too lazy to walk into the next room to get a paper towel? Apparently yes. Am I so tight that I wouldn't use the whole Kleenex? Also yes. The other half of the Kleenex still sits here waiting for its turn. Might be my nose running, might be something else. Then I painted the stems and leaves. With green and brown still on the brush I added some Lt. Graphite and started in on the right side of the canvas, adding white as I moved to the left side of the canvas, the inside of the vase taking on different tones of the Lt. Graphite as needed. Finally, I added the flowers, ending with the bit of yellow and A. Crimson. Last stop, white highlights on the vase and an extra leaf that was on the outside of the vase. I like this one, my photo here doesn't do my painting any favors (it looks a bit washed out). I will post it on pinterest next to the original, which looks like they are not only a more proficient painter, but a more proficient photographer.
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| The Inspiration from Pinterest |
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| My junior version |
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