Had admired roses on summer neighborhood walks for weeks. Kept putting off painting them, afraid to try.
Finally looked one in the eye, said You don't scare me!, picked up a brush.
Painted a first rose.
Finally looked one in the eye, said You don't scare me!, picked up a brush.
Painted a first rose.
Up close, it looks like amateurish paint on canvas, which it is.
From a distance of about six feet, propped on my easel, it looks like a stunning velvet-petaled rose, which it also is.
I'm good with both.
From a distance of about six feet, propped on my easel, it looks like a stunning velvet-petaled rose, which it also is.
I'm good with both.
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| Unfolding 6x6", acrylic on canvas board floral 2015 [not for sale] |
2 comments:
I'm appreciating the color blends created for this one ... the "green" registering (as it often does on real rose bushes) closer to black than the vivid-grass "green" you'd see coming out of a crayon box.
This painting has me wondering what a "loose" rendition of this same rose would look like. Maybe tomorrow? :)
Also, for the love of early mornings, did you really post this completed painting at 4:26 am??
Meg, again I thank you for commenting. I so value the art conversation. Love having feedback and questions and things to think about. My rendition is already relatively loose. I'll send you links to tighter and looser roses painted by other artists.
I did NOT post at 426a! Not sure what that's about. In fact, I didn't even paint this rose today. Happily—and who knows how it could be possible!—my painting is currently way ahead of my posting.
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