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Showing posts with label how to paint flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label how to paint flowers. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Tuesday's Flower Child, Still Life

Tuesday's Flower Child
8x 10, oil on canvas board
$395.00
By Johanna Spinks

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There is nothing more heartwarming than a little life starting on the planet.  I painted these quick sketch flowers this weekend and dedicated them to the birth of a lovely little girl today, Tuesday's Child.  A pink vase and pink mumms seem highly right for a lovely new pink cutey pie.


Wednesday, July 13, 2011

How to Paint Flowers...FAST



Lunch is served in Mark Twain's garden on my recent visit. Crumbly quiche and crisp salad devoured in a Martha Stewart 'eat your heart out' kinda delish way!

I feel I have done an o.k. job of painting 'Day Lilies' in the garden in the morning.

But I desire to paint a mixed arrangement of flowers in the afternoon, challenged that the flowers grow in seemingly 'same sex' floral garden borders, as glorious as they are!!

WHAT TO DO?

I have my answer. I notice my most gracious gifted artist hostess Susan Durkee http://www.susandurkee.com/ has a vase of combined CUT flowers from her most impressive Mark Twain garden http://www.thelobsterpotstudio.com/ in the kitchen window sill while watching her preen the quiche. I grab the vase, with her permission, and place it on a table outside. Susan even adds a few blue flowers for me, the perfect host that she is.

WHAT TO DO NEXT?

SQUINT

MASS THE VALUES

WORK WITH BIG BRUSH

KEEP COLOR CLEAN

WORK FAST WITH A SUN DRENCHED HEART

NO REGRETS - EVEN THE SECOND SLICE OF QUICHE

"Sun Drenched"
6" x 8", framed
$350.00
$10.00 - shipping