Adventure Journal

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Painting Daisies in the Studio

On February 16th, we were shopping at Walmart and they had Valentine bouquets clearanced for like $6 or $7. Perfect!

Pure white daisies are one of my favorites. Love them and they last a LONG time.

So pretty! So I decided that they were fabulous inspiration for my next painting.

A quick sketch in my sketchbook one morning before I left for work.

Then I added some daisies on top of a background that I created.

Love these.

Added some stems.

Love how they are looking.

Added some more daisies and started working on stems.

And right now I’m here. I had planned to add some detail, but my husband likes it the way that it is, so I may leave it. I’ve moved it to the dining room so that I can peak at it several times a day to decide what I want to do with it next. I’m tempted to add a word to the top and maybe some India ink drops, but I may really just leave it as it is. And the more I look at it, the more I’m thinking that I really need to add some yellow to the daisy centers. Open-mouthed smile I’ll keep you posted.

Happy Friday!

Sunday, February 10, 2013

In the Studio-February 2013

So after taking a couple of months off from painting, I am finally back in the studio. We have a new furnace and a second vent (YAY!) in the attic/master bedroom/studio and the temperature is now quite lovely and conducive to painting! First up-my paint tray right now.

I don’t have a photo of the painting when I first started out with the background, but I was initially heading toward putting a heart on the canvas. My word of the year for 2013 is “Love” plus Valentine’s Day is close, so hearts are on my mind. This is the stage where I always worry a little about the painting because I am just building layers and it looks really crappy. (It’s all about trust.)

Next Step.

Then I decided the heart needed to go. I love the blue colors together.

I had some pages in my art journal that I was playing with ideas for the canvas. I decided to go with the flower.

Then I sketched the flower with India ink.

And filled in the background and the flower a little bit more.

Here are a couple of close-ups of me painting the outline of the flower.

I had originally planned to write “Love” in India ink as well, but I decided to stay with the pthalo blue.

My plan is to move the painting somewhere that I will see it everyday to remember my word. I will probably put it on the wall in the dining room where the canvas with last year’s word resides.