Magnolias Workshop

I couldn't take my sister's Watercolour Workshop on painting Magnolias, so I'm doing it at home. See my sister's website. Thanks, Ellen (and Char) for a great workshop!

Step 6: Masking removed and areas fixed. I'm happy with my watercolour progress, I think I'll leave it this way and frame it. :)


Step 5: So far....so good.

Step 4:



Step 3: Third step, third hour; letting everything dry between steps.



Step 2:

Step 1: About 1 hour into the painting.

Pam

Ship and Tulip Continued

Back to my demonstration oil painting in glazes.

Step 10:

With the bright red of the accents, I had to harmonize the painting. I put a few brushstrokes of alizarin crimson into the draping and liked it so much that I put a glaze over the whole background with violet in the creases.

The objects look like they are floating because I haven't added highlights to the material yet.

I've dragged the glaze colour into the ship base, added it into the frame, tulips and front metal can.

At this point I'm only using safflower oil as an additive to the oil paint.


Pam

Library Donation

I have finished the donation for the Smooth Rock Falls library, "The Storybook Comes to Life". It is done in acrylics and the girls' skin and hair are oils. You can't see the edges but it looks like a book on the sides.

I spent a busy weekend at a graphite workshop in Timmins, held by Colette Theriault at the Porcupine Art Club.

I didn't finish my Cocker Spaniel drawing but I will work on it this week.


Pam