This is a Sansevieria Snake plant. The stems are round like a pencil. So different, and so interesting. Another WIP. Haha. Oh, that green! It’s not easy being green, and this green is monstrous. Ghastly. It’s Grinch with a hangover. Haha.
I started with a geometric stencil. If you look closely, you can see hints of that on the right. I painted some of those shapes solid, and some I only outlined. I added a couple more layers, and inadvertently buried most of that detail. Haha.
I added white marks for texture, wiped it off. Tried something else, that I can’t even remember, wiped that off too. Experimented with green pastel. Wiped that off as well.
This morning, I tried using the same stencil again, win an ink pad. That sort of worked. I started to soften it with one more layer and lifted the non-waterproof (apparently) ink. The good news is, I was able to clean the ink off completely. Haha.
The pot started as a whitewash. then terracotta. Next a rustic, scratchy blackish. Nothing felt right. Until I tried the blue I used on Day 1. Windsor Blue. Deep teal Blue.
I found this very scientific description. It made me laugh.
Definition of Windsor blue: a grayish purplish blue that is redder and paler than average delft and redder, lighter, and stronger than average navy blue.
After scanning the image, the obvious answer was simply to crop it.
Ah-ha! Postcard.
Why experiment with a whole stack of paper when you can do it all on one sheet! Kudos and a gold star for effort.
Hahaha! There ya’ go Sea, I am being economical! 🙂
I love how the green vertical stripes of the background mirror the vertical parts of the green plant. And the texture is excellent!
Thank you Teresa 🙂 Have fun today 🙂
Let the good times roll! You are experimenting and creating with wild abandon. Go, Sheila!
Go Dotty! Hope your days continue to allow some quiet, wild fun. 🙂
Ha, ha, ha! Your description of your work on this made me chuckle and the definition of Winsor blue made me laugh. I do like this piece though and the cropping made it even better – I like the green – lol
Haha, thanks Val. 😉 Glad you had a chuckle.