I outlined these lilacs on an 8×10 canvas over a year ago (based on a template found on Ali Kay‘s Fresh Paint site.) Finally got around to painting it — using the reference photo Ali Kay provided, and NOT copying her style at all.
Overall, I’m more satisfied with the lilacs — which put me in mind of spring in New England during my college years — than with the daffodils in the vase I did a while back.
This painting was done on a 8×10 canvas, and is based on a photo I’m not sure where it came from — probably Pixabay, but possibly from my own collection, as I love daffs and photograph them when I can.
Even though I drew out the flowers on the canvas first, I still struggled a bit — but hopefully these look more like daffodils than some of the earlier paintings I posted a week or so ago.
I wanted to work on the daffodils because they’re just a blur in my last painting. I did this on an orange-toned 5×5 wood panel, and actually traced the reference image (which I got from Ali Kay‘s Fresh Paint site) on to the panel, adding most of the detail. I had hoped it would help. Alas, it’s still a case of garbage in-garbage out.
I debated even posting this, but decided to go ahead, as I understand from my classes that painting is really all about solving problems. As a beginner, I’m definitely not doing a good job of solving this one! I’m posting an over-saturated copy of the zoomed-in reference image I used as a means of comparison.
I intend to paint more daffodils; perhaps I’ll try a frontal view first. And then tackle this one again. It’s easy enough to see errors in this comparison.
This painting done on an 8×8 canvas is from a reference photo at Fresh Paint, an online art class/community led and taught by Ali Kay. In her lesson for this painting, which I scanned briefly, she didn’t mention the source of the photo. It may have been one of her own; I searched Pixabay and Unsplash, and did not find anything similar.
Although I used the template from Fresh Paint and traced it on to the canvas, I still didn’t get the flowers right. Will have to try again.
This is painted on an 8×8 canvas panel. I found the image on Pixabay and really liked it.
Image by Peggychoucair from Pixabay
Today — January 28th — is National Daisy Day. Perfect timing for finishing an 8×8 painting I was working on from Acrylic University‘s “Bold and Beautiful” Summer Challenge from last year. This painting is based on a reference photo taken by Jed Dorsey.
I did my painting on an 8×8 black canvas that I had painted over with a blue gray color which ended up working well for conveying the shadows on the back petals.
This is the final and below are some in-progress shots.
In honor of that, here are 11 Fascinating Poinsettia Facts You Should Know
Earlier this year, I painted a red poinsettia based on a painting by Ali Kay. Today I painted a white and pink one (always my favorite live poinsettias) on an 8×10 canvas based on an image by Cindy from Pixabay.
This painting is on a 6×6 “Claybord” panel with the undertone painting done in gold metallic paint that’s roughly the color of yellow ochre. (Like a rank novice, I wasted decent money on metallic paints and have never figured out a use for them — same with the iridescent paint I bought last year. Anyway, I recently read about an artist named Michele Usibelli who uses gold metallic paint as her undertone in a number of her paintings — bingo! I’m going to try that myself.
Turns out either the metallic paint or the Claybord (or both!) had a slippery sensation that was hard to work with. (But that could be me…)
In any case, these sunflowers come from one of the 7 paintings demonstrated at the 2024 Summer “Challenge” at Acrylic University. Which I didn’t participate in at the time, but am trying my hand at now that I have some more time.
This is the week 26 painting for Jed Dorsey’s Mini Painting Challenge at Acrylic University. It’s called “Blue Sky Poppies” and is based on a reference photo by Sergey Schmidt. 6×6 canvas panel, untoned.
I’m not overly happy with this one. I struggled with the flower shapes and the soft focus of the reference photo. The result is that it’s more abstract than I had originally intended. However, I AM (mostly) happy with the colors.
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