After a bit of experimenting, I now have a template (3 really) for some of the flowers. Going to figure out how I want a profile flower to look, then start cutting into
After seeing how well the painted tissue paper hat and gloves turned out (and how poorly the painted stems turned out (twice)), I’m painting more tissue paper and will use that technique
Hat is done. Now waiting for glue to dry on the garden gloves.
Hat and gloves are paint and ink drenched tissue paper glued to copy paper. The hat lines were drawn with
Finished the background. Going to let this dry then work on the table and vase.
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This is a series of notes for my art project of using a reference photo of Mom’s
Current state of the art board. Once this layer dries, I’ll work on the door frame and glass, which will just be a darkish gray to provide contrast with the flowers.
Second
Acrylic paint brushed on and a bit sponged off. One of many layers. Have to be sure to let each layer thoroughly dry, or I can mess up something I like [voice of
Step 3: wash of yellow from a Stabilo water-soluble pencil. Even though more stuff will go on top, this gives the whole a shared undertone.
When the painter worked on my mom’
Step 2: use carbon paper to outline the base sketch onto Canson art board.
This is a 9” x 12” watercolor art board. I’ve also used their mixed media art board and
