FINDING THE DEPTH OF A BACKGROUND

Here I am painting negative shapes to create the illusion of  depth behind the leaves and stems. This is a wet into wet process, with the thought of negative shapes around the leaves and stems in the furthest background,  paint in the transparent yellow and then I drop in the mixture of burnt sienna, winsor green (bs) and winsor blue.  Yum! it is the best combination.   The background is fun to paint and I know it will be a great lesson, so in May I will be teaching this in a 3 day workshop.

The Stems of the Iceland Poppy

Now I am moving into the background to paint the stems; 

I glazed the stem with a transparent yellow while the pigment is wet, I then add in pure burnt sienna, to enhance some of the reds in the stem. For the shadow side of the stem a mixture of winsor green (blue shade) and burnt sienna. The light side and dark side will help create the roundness of each stem.

CHA Convention with F&W Publishing

Here I am at the CHA Convention in Anaheim CA, I was invited to be a part of F&W Publishing's author to do a book signing, and here I was being interviewed for DIY television. Very fun weekend!

Iceland Poppies

The third iceland poppy I painted in the gray shadows and now I am gently painting in the pistils with transparent yellow and a hint of quinacridone gold. And the center is a mixture of Winsor Green (blue shade) and Permanent Alizarin Crimson.

The iceland poppy is taking form, added the yellow using transparent yellow over the grays all ready painted in.  Also painted the dew drops.  For the poppy in shadow I glazed the petals with a mixture of permanent alizarin crimson and thalo blue

More folds for the poppy

Painting in the grays and getting ready to lay in transparent yellow next, also you can see I did draw in the dew drops.

painting the delicate folds of the poppy

The delicate folds begin with a grey mixture of Permanent Alizarin Crimson and Winsor Green (blue shade)  I use a 1/4" square brush to paint the thick to thin lines of the folds