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

Art journals' creativity

I always have an art journal on my desk, while I am crafting or painting. It is a good exercise either to quickly decide how to use your extra paint on your brushes, wait for the layers to dry out, to leave the painting aside to start over with new ideas, or just to have your mind relaxed and refreshed, though still in a mode of discovering art. Apart from the extra points of creativity, you will have created your own art journals, that describe your art journey, and remind you of your thoughts, feelings, art stories, keepsakes, that can be altered books or notebooks or even handmade books, at which you will have bound paintings at whatever painting surface you will have used. A knowledge treasure of your abilities or difficulties, of creative imagination, and stories that you want to retell to yourself in the future. You can always change your previous artworks after you will have learned something new, and recreate the pages from scratch or just keep adding until you have gained a result that makes you happy. 

Sometimes it is more relaxing when it has to do with the aftermaths of the art procedure, to find yourself evaluating the interaction through the pages created in your art journal rather than to contemplate over your completed painting.

I am always happy when there are new things to learn!

And happy to be able to share the digitalised version of Green Dot Creations!

Altered painting book

The extraordinary world of art is not only about masterpieces derived from experiences by the huge number of talented artists. It is also about the exploration and learning, constructing abilities, gathering and creating memories, telling your story to yourself and others.

Here is an art journal cover, that took me more than a year to complete. 

Acrylics, homade pastes, metallic parts, handmade decorative items made out of clay, glass elements, and lots of layers. It has been a delight creating this!

Love to see you around!

Green Dot Creations