Pour and swipe with Poppies
This is the beginning of a new poppy piece on archival paper. I am very excited about this one, but I am usually excited in the studio.. actually just in general.
I will only give you the beginning because I am heading to Texas in the a.m. to visit family, which will be fabulous! They asked me to do a painting party while I'm there. Are you kidding me? Can I dance also??? They invited so many to participate in the fun, plus ribs, swimming, wine and pure heaven!
Okay, now to the beginning of this new painting. Remember, I usually am working on 4 at the same time.
I stretched my archival hot press paper and decided to still experiment with the pour swipe technique , acrylic painting. First I drew out my subject matter, which happens to be two poppy blossoms and a single bud.
I let this step dry over night and then did a water color wash of the poppies. The wash just states my petals and placement. I will continue to build up the watercolor intensity.
I want the poppies to mesh with the pour and become unified as a composition. You can see that there are oranges in my right hand side.
Now I am adding more depth in the upper poppy. I will begin to use a mixed media technique by adding pencil to my watercolor.
Now leaving for Texas. Be back soon. Happy Valentine's Day, Enjoy
I'm back:
I painted the negative space to the left of the poppies a soft yellow using gesso. I did not want to go dark. I also wanted to add shape to this piece to balance all the form.
I went with gold leaf cut into squares. This must still be unified as an entire composition, over all harmony.
I will only give you the beginning because I am heading to Texas in the a.m. to visit family, which will be fabulous! They asked me to do a painting party while I'm there. Are you kidding me? Can I dance also??? They invited so many to participate in the fun, plus ribs, swimming, wine and pure heaven!
Okay, now to the beginning of this new painting. Remember, I usually am working on 4 at the same time.
I stretched my archival hot press paper and decided to still experiment with the pour swipe technique , acrylic painting. First I drew out my subject matter, which happens to be two poppy blossoms and a single bud.
I let this step dry over night and then did a water color wash of the poppies. The wash just states my petals and placement. I will continue to build up the watercolor intensity.
I want the poppies to mesh with the pour and become unified as a composition. You can see that there are oranges in my right hand side.
Now I am adding more depth in the upper poppy. I will begin to use a mixed media technique by adding pencil to my watercolor.
Now leaving for Texas. Be back soon. Happy Valentine's Day, Enjoy
I'm back:
I painted the negative space to the left of the poppies a soft yellow using gesso. I did not want to go dark. I also wanted to add shape to this piece to balance all the form.
I went with gold leaf cut into squares. This must still be unified as an entire composition, over all harmony.
Many times I have added the tile look to my paintings with paper I painted, cut in squares and then rotated every other one to look like a tile, but to create that shape balance I was looking for. Example of this:
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