3 posts tagged “painting”
This is the second oil painting I did since picking up a brush again. I hope to practice some more soon.
Why this subject? Well I have a thing for old books. I pick them up at the swap shop and second hand stores. I love the detail work on those hardcovers as well as the connection to the past.
And the flowers? Well, freesias are my favorite flower. Have you ever smelled one? Its one of the strongest floral scents I know of. The small flowers will fill a room with a sweet and pleasant floral scent that is yet to be reproduced in any perfume or artificial scent. I miss being able to buy the bunches of them while they are in season. They're not easily found up here in the Northeast.
I've begun to pick up painting again. Its something I haven't done in a long time because of work and lack of inspiration. My parents recently convinced me to take a watercolor class and my husband gave me a new set of paints including acrylics, oils, and watercolors. What else could I do but start up again?
I had done a bit of watercolor on and off during the years, but I hadn't done anything with oils since high school and I'd never used acrylics before. Its been fun trying and the results are mixed.
This post shows a series of apples. One photograph, which is my usual "media", one watercolor before the class (red apple), one watercolor after it (green leafy apple), and my first oil in ages (two apples, above).
I had done a bit of watercolor on and off during the years, but I hadn't done anything with oils since high school and I'd never used acrylics before. Its been fun trying and the results are mixed.
This post shows a series of apples. One photograph, which is my usual "media", one watercolor before the class (red apple), one watercolor after it (green leafy apple), and my first oil in ages (two apples, above).
