Wednesday, June 24, 2015

LONG MAY SHE WAVE



We finished the flag paintings yesterday in class.  

 It was not easy getting the shadow shapes and values right to make it look right, but I fiddled with mine for a while and I think it works.  

 This is on a fourth sheet of gessoed watercolor paper (which helped with the lifting but did cause some bleeding of red and dark in places). 




10 comments:

  1. SadamiJune 24, 2015 at 9:19:00 AM EDT

    Rhonda, absolutely, a masterpiece!! Cheers, Sadami

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  2. UnknownJune 24, 2015 at 2:27:00 PM EDT

    Hi Rhonda, I like your flag alot :)
    I wouldn't know how to start it :))

    Have a great day
    Tinna ✐

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  3. debwardartJune 24, 2015 at 5:25:00 PM EDT

    Looks beautiful Rhonda!

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  4. Lorraine BrownJune 24, 2015 at 10:14:00 PM EDT

    The flag folds and shadows read very well Rhonda

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  5. Autumn LeavesJune 25, 2015 at 5:24:00 AM EDT

    What a great piece of work, Rhonda! Well done!

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  6. RH CarpenterJune 25, 2015 at 10:01:00 AM EDT

    Thank you so much, Sadami!! It was not an easy painting to finish!!

    Thanks, Tinna, just began by putting in the blues around the stars and went from there, trying to keep those whites clean until the shadows went in...

    Deb, thanks so much; I know you have done many flag paintings and while I was struggling with this, I was saying, "How would Deb do this??"

    Thanks so much, Lorraine and Sherry!!

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  7. E.M. CorsaJune 25, 2015 at 10:11:00 AM EDT

    All I can say is, Absolutely Beautiful!!!

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  8. http://carolking.wordpress.comJune 26, 2015 at 10:56:00 PM EDT

    Gorgeous...perfect for the upcoming July 4th holiday.

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  9. RH CarpenterJune 27, 2015 at 11:29:00 AM EDT

    Thanks, Elizabeth and Carol :)

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  10. Debbie NolanJune 29, 2015 at 3:43:00 PM EDT

    Dear Rhonda- just so beautiful and quite appropriate for the coming summer holiday.

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