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Day 30

Well I had grand ideas, for a grand finale and what I got instead was an epic fail. So at 11:58 pm, I started over again. Almost botched this one as well. Whew!

Day 30 Epic fail. 9 x 9 in. mixed media on paper.

Hours on my first attempt. Layers of texture, palette knife. Painted flowers. Not great. Layered more color on the background and foreground. Not better. Painted the vase. O.K., that looks really cool.

I put crackle over the petals. Waited. Very few cracks. Added a second layer, knowing full well it would not work. And it didn’t. Cracks developed in just a few areas. I rubbed on dark rust, cracks barely visible. Tried again with indigo. You can see the cracks, but now the flowers look dirty.

The scan is even worse than the original. Don’t know why but the right side looks much darker than it actually is. Tomorrow will be better!

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who followed along with me this month!

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Day 24

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One more postcard for the LYA swap. I had lots of fun painting these flowers. Thanks to my Robert Simmons 3/8″ Angle Shader brush. I purchased that and a Winsor Newton #8 round a couple of months ago. I bought from different lines to try them out. I really like them both. They hold their shape well and hold water nicely. Seems like I can paint forever on one load. They have a nice feel to them as well.

Day 23 Revised

I think I have finished yesterday’s flowers. Fixed. They are better. I added some rust to help define them. May have missed the mark. Here is a look at the revisions and a slide show close-up of the flowers.

Day 23 close-up.

HaPpY SuNdAy!

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Day 18

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I’m in love. With Gesso board. I have used it before. For some reason, today everything just came together. Take that back. I did have to rework the shadow. Working wet, it flowed a little too much to the right. The left shadow edge is a little too hard, but I am fine with that.

I am not sure of the flowers. Are the convincing? I see one line that scanned much too dark, I will have to go back in and soften it. Also I may need to go back on the entire left side, and deepen the background, to make the blooms stand out more. Yes?

I am however, completely pleased with the little blue pot. I thought I had fudged the shadows, but, I think they are good. Isn’t it pretty!