I am back to painting!! This blog is my personal blog charting my progress towards becoming a better painter.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Water poppy with dragonfly
I discovered a water poppy bloom had opened this morning in the pond. So I got my trusty french easel and paints out and painted it. I used one of my new hardboard panels. My husband had a large sheet of hardboard plywood left over from a furniture project. I asked him if I could use the remainder for inexpensive plein air painting panels. I don't want a repeat of the horse barn painting. He cut about eight 9x12s, and two 12x16s. I have gessoed most of them and I toned two of the panels with a coat of acrylic paint. One was yellow ochre and one was yellow ochre with a touch of cad. red. I used the toned 9x12 yellow ochre panel for this painting. This is the first time I have used a toned surface. There are no little white spots showing through! I spent a little over an hour on this painting. Dragonflies kept flying back and forth so I included one in the painting. It was a nice day! I cannot seem to get a decent photo of the painting though. Maybe I need to take a photography class.
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great job!
ReplyDeleteGood idea using the wood panels....like the guy in Canterbury! :-)
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