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

Spring Flowers Bouquet in a Vase.

Just in time from spring to summer, between working hours and organising the free time, here is a painting with a vase with spring flowers bouquet. I have taken some photos from the starting to this point of the painting, which I find very likely to be set aside for a future rework. Let' s go through some steps of this painting together.

A basic idea was aligned among the canvas, using simple brushstrokes and intuitively spreading colour around.

Leaves were sketched out to create a 'diagramm' for the flowers.

Next day, I quickly started to add flowers here and there, using basic colours before I had to leave for work.

Same day's afternoon it was that there were added some more details.

Blending and adding, highlighting and shadowing getting happy or not comfortable with the result, was the next step.

Layers later, I could feel that there was no need at present to keep adding. Flowers gave out a vivid result, although there can be alterations at the painting.

I am happy with the result.

Thank you for being here.

Enjoy!

With love,

Green Dot Creations