Tuesday, July 11, 2017

YOU SOMETIMES DON'T KNOW HOW SOMETHING WILL TURN OUT




This painting began like this with a loose, pale wash of color on the drawing and then...

I put a little bit more color on, but was not that happy with the next stage so washed over the whole thing with a weak wash of gesso/water/acrylic gel medium to start over.



In starting over, I used watercolor crayon and watercolor pencil as well as watercolor pens at the end to outline the shapes.  

As you can see, I cropped it closer to focus on the center and the bee.  





4 comments:

  1. Lisa Le QuelenecJuly 12, 2017 at 8:40:00 AM EDT

    This looks rather unusual - I like it! Especially the rhythms of the petals -all the flowing lines make me hear the lazy buzz of the bee drunk on nectar. Great stuff!

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  2. Jennifer RoseJuly 12, 2017 at 8:43:00 PM EDT

    I really like this look, the bleeding effect works really well here :)

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  3. Chris LallyJuly 13, 2017 at 8:30:00 PM EDT

    Perfect solution!! Beautiful!!

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  4. RH CarpenterJuly 14, 2017 at 12:47:00 PM EDT

    Thanks, Lisa - I am pleased with it, too, even though it gave me some headaches after the start :)

    Thanks, Jennifer Rose!

    Thanks, Chris. I am pleased with it even though it had it's ugly moments.

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