Today, I am working with my palette knives. I have five different ones out - all metal, and different shapes. After sketching my composition, I start scraping in paint - the shadow color of the roses first. I apply the alizarin crimson paint lightly on this first layer, then lay the light pink over it - starting at the edge of the petal and working towards the base of the flower. This leaves a very cool petal shape! Next, I fill in the background before laying in the leaves, darks first and then light. Finally, I pull in some petal color on the leaves, and some leaf color on the petals for a little color harmony. I watched an artist use newspaper to wipe her knives off with - and I tried that today. It worked better than paper towels! This painting makes 919 in 919 days. Now - I'm off for a little dress shopping with my girls :)
This is so beautiful Tammie.
ReplyDeleteReally wonderful! Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteGorgeous rose. Happy PPF
ReplyDeleteThis technique is absolutely amazing. Your roses are stunning. Happy PPF
ReplyDeleteOh what a gorgeous painting...truly a favorite for me... I could see this in greeting cards and all kinds of ceramic you name it..this is so beautiful!
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Just beautiful!
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