Bouquet painting ... again!

Drawing and/or painting flowers and bouquets is a love of mine. 

This is a still life, from real life, that was a fun project. 

charcoal sketch

from

 this bouquet 👇

I felt like doing another bouquet painting
and i just happened to have this little

Mother's Day one. (Thank you Matt! 💓)

I had a board already made with gesso 

and some acrylic iridescent gold

splashed on it ... I think the gold was leftover from

painting a frame ... ?

Anyway, it looked like the size i wanted,

so I began to sketch (with charcoal first). Again I didn't think to take

more progress photos ... 

This one progress shot while painting indicates where 

those funny little buds are in the bouquet. 

I don't know what they are, do you?

I love the background iridescence in certain light.

These flowers, from Mother's Day ... are still holding strong, 

with a bit of trimming. 

So, when was that? Over 2 weeks ago! 

Amazing!

👇

Dusk Was Falling      11 9/16 x 9 inches    oil on prepared panel

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Wedding Bouquet Painting (belated)

Our daughter and son-in-law 

got married a few years ago (well ... 7).

I had asked for a photo 

of their wedding bouquet and was sent it. 

I put it in my "to paint" album

and thought about it and how to do it from time to time

 ...

until I made a decision in March of this year. 

We were going to visit in April

 and I thought it would be nice 

to give the painting to them when we were there.

So here are the photos 

(none with progress with the paint ... i forgot)

 about this little sweet bouquet

 painted in acrylic!

I painted with acrylic so it would dry fast

to be able to pack it.

original photo

my set-up

my palette

Pi Day Wedding Bouquet
4 x 6 ? acrylic on prepared panel using micaceous iron oxide ground

Here is a link from Golden brand acrylics about Micaceous Iron Oxide.

I tried it out on this small panel and then put some gray gesso over;

and you can see it peeking out and in a good light

it might show some sparkle.

It is great for dry media, pastels or colored pencils

but can also be used with acrylic or oil paint.

Have you used it?

Found this vintage frame for the painting!

Thanks for looking!

I really appreciate your time.

I hope you are all well and looking forward 

to normalizing a bit as we all get vaccinated.

Get your vax! 

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