Mixed media canvas, Bird with ceramic flowers

I wanted to create a palette backround on cardboard, at this art project, and also wanted to find out, how well a canvas surface would this turn out. The cardboard was primered with gesso and black colour, and after drying, was painted with layers of several hues of beige. I was also experimenting with flowers made of air dry clay, and had these hand sculpted roses available. I painted them in colours to match a decoupage napkin. Created some air dry leaves as well. I cut a second cardboard in an oval shape and decoupaged it with a bird on a branch image. Then I stenciled the canvas and created a matching colour for natural bricks result. Finally, the canvas was assemplaged in place. It will remind me the many hours with sparrows flying happily among trees, when the summer heat was giving place to summer afternoons.

Enjoy!

With love,

Green Dot Creations 

Flower journal's Roses, step by step acrylic painting

The black canvas painting book, with the wooden cover I have mentioned in the previous flower painting tutorial, I have decided to be an art journal only with flower paintings' step by step tutorials. I could not capture this flower painting that well, after the shiny varnish was applued at the final painting, so I will take care at next paintings to take the photo before the final varnishing.

I sketched out the roses with a soft pencil, and started the painting using basic colours. Green, red, yellow, black and brown.

...My Art studio is always my happy place....

The first layer was enhanced with shadowing

Then again lighter hues for detailing and highlights

Darker hues from the same palette at the next layer

Light yellow, green and black for the flower's center

Layer after layer using different intonations of greens, and white and yellow for the lining

And there we have the final painting of our roses. Capturing black canvas painting after the varnish layer, I found to be challenge both in daylight and indoors as well.

I am happy with the result!

Enjoy!

With love,

Green Dot Creations

Step by step painting, white flower with oil pastels and acrylics.

The water soluble oil pastels I bought some days ago, just really made me happy. I was amazed to discover how nice do they collaborate with acrylics as well. I have had in my art supplies, a black backround canvas book, bound with a wooden vintage covering, that was for when I would feel flower painting not to be that difficult for me. I sketched out a rough outline of the picture.

The edges were smoothened  with a wooden stick and some paper towel, so that the acrylics could start being applied layer after layer.

I made a watery mixture of colours, chose a brush with with an angle and started painting. Emerald, ochra, a little cadmium scarlet and amber to make the green colour no that cold, and titanium white. 

I kept painting in layers to the final result. 

I decided not to add further to this one, and leave some of the oil pastels' details to be highlighted among the overall paint brushes.

Or would it maybe one more layer be a better idea? While the art book continues, we will find out.

Enjoy!

With lots of love,

Green Dot Creations