I am now back to my research from this year's Philadelphia Flower Show. The theme was Hawaii which gave me the opportunity to photograph florals not easily found around here. This will also become part of my Flower Feast Series I.
Here's my next painting, composed, drawn and ready to go. As you can see I use a few reference points. My ipad for streaming to the large computer screen, great for true color and zooming in for details. Also notice the black and white copies. As I mentioned in the last post, a picture often is more about the values than the color. However, it can be difficult to determine correct values when the color is so absorbing. As an artist it is my job to separate these two elements of art and then put them seamlessly (I hope) back together. So I keep black and white scans next to the painting as I work.
You will recognize the Bird of Paradise flowers and the others are Hawiian Ginger plants.
Beautiful complementary colors of reds and greens on this one that I am very excited to start painting.
Well, I'm off for my second cup of coffee and back to a fun day of painting and music.
My new favorite is the Disney station on Pandora Radio. Yes, Disney, Little Mermaid and Belle just make my day!
That sounds like the best Pandora station ever! It's neat to see your work before you start painting it, makes me appreciate your vivid colors more!
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