This one is quite a bit darker, and I tried to incorporate a lot of texture. I wasn't as successful with the Epsom salts this time, and had to get out the handy-dandy Proxa-brush to lightly scrub back to white for some of the seed fluff.
I finished this up yesterday morning. I happy with a lot of this: My experiment with granulating medium and India ink worked fairly well and gave a lot of interesting texture particularly in the bottom part. I also gave the whole painting a light spattering of iridescent gold acrylic paint which is easier to see in real life.
I think I could have done a bit better at composition, that's something that seems to get away from me sometimes!
Here is a closeup of some of the texture:
I think I've got a few more of these in me, so stay tuned!
Oooh, Patty! I love this series. This one is a real winner--the texture is wonderful. I'm off to see if it's on CWF...
ReplyDeleteYep, it is, and thanks for looking and your nice comment! I think they're will be more!
ReplyDeleteYes! It has that "je ne sais quoi" feel to it. Just enough realism, just enough looseness - conveying the temporal reality of the subject. Now you see it, now you don't ... gone with the wind.
ReplyDeleteDorice, can you write all the captions for my paintings? You're a great writer!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your poetic comment.
Nice and loose. Lovely textures and colours. Looking forward to seeing more.
ReplyDeleteI'm very late to the party but I think all of your attempts at portraying milkweed pods are a success. This would make a nice little series. I'm not crazy about using opaque anything with transparent water but in some cases it just works. I love everyone of these!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rajeev! I hope to get back to doing more of these as well.
ReplyDeleteBillie, thanks! As I said to Rajeev, I want to get back to doing these again. Need to order more supplies as well!
I just found you blog. Thanks for the inspiration. I am getting back to painting after a decades long hiatus. It's nice to see how 'real' artists rework their art and stick with it. Your work is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteVickie