Thursday, April 6, 2017

Spring Flower Practice

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Time to rev up the flower painting practice for a couple demos this weekend at Dickman Farms Garden Show. 
https://www.dickmanfarms.com/about-us/events/show/va-va-bloom-garden-show-95 What a great time of year for us Northeasters to get a blast of color!
I really did need to practice as I spent this winter experimenting with other techniques and materials like liquid acrylics, monoprinting, and urban sketching. More about that later.
I always like to see how other artists handle flowers, and I have a few favorites that inspire me like Jean Haines, and Helen Dealtry who does fabric design. Andrew Geeson has some nice videos on Youtube. In the end you just have to get the paints out and spend a few hours here and there to get comfortable with your own style and let the pigments do their thing. Try color combos and washes and write down your favorites. Be patient and let things dry. Become aware of pigment/water ratios for different effects. Most of all give yourself a break from trying to create a perfect finished painting and just play, and play some more. And have fun!  The scraps of wonderful color can always be cut up for little cards, gift tags and collage and origami.  Hmmm, maybe that will be another post.

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