Now that my BIG show is over (it was great!)--I have some time to get out my paint and play! So a little step-by-step of my latest painting.
The first thing I did was take one of my canvases in my favorite size (12 x 24) and put papers on it--
There's 2 reasons why I do this--first, even though this pretty much gets covered up, I like the texture it gives when you paint over it, and 2nd, I'm not a big fan of painting directly on to a canvas. I prefer to work on a smoother surface.
And then I got out my paints--
....just started laying paint down using my brush, and you see the brayer, and texture tool--whatever I was in the mood for at the time---I never have a plan at this stage.
Next--was adding layers with these--
You can rub as much or as little away as you want--I was able to bring back some of my collage that I started with at the very beginning of the piece.
And this time, instead of wasting my extra paint, which I have a bad habit of doing, I had a little 8 x 8 canvas by my side for the leftover paint--
--the start of another painting!
Next--was adding layers with these--
It's always a little hard to know when to stop--because there's never an end, but I decided that it was time to paint my poppies--I knew from the start that I wanted to paint these--
I kept working on the background too--I wasn't quite happy with it--adding and taking away color until I was happy. A great technique to get rid of paint is with plain old rubbing alcohol (91%)--
And this time, instead of wasting my extra paint, which I have a bad habit of doing, I had a little 8 x 8 canvas by my side for the leftover paint--
--the start of another painting!
17 comments:
Your poppies are gorgeous and I always appreciate a step by step. Thanks!
Lovely!
Wow this is just amazing!! Hugs Juls
Absolutely LOVE this post!!!!
Lovely poppies. Nice work. Thanks.
Gloria
gorgeous painting!
Fabulous poppies.
Oh my this is gorgeous!! Love poppies too!
Love those poppies!
Diane, you always make it look so easy and we know it is NOT! I had not heard of the tip about the alcohol, thanks!
Oh, how glorious ! I love love love your poppies and that beautiful slightly moody background!
Brava !
Oh, how I love!!! Thanks for sharing this!!
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Cath.
What a beautiful canvas! Thanks so much for sharing.
really beautiful. I just love your poppies. I almost always cover up canvas because I don't like the texture either. Your work rocks. Blessings, T
Beautiful Diane! Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous love your poppies
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