Abstract Flowers Painting - New Project

 

This is the inspiration photo I am using for a new abstract painting.

Undercoating/Background...

Composition Sketch... Tomorrow, we will see what happens from here.... :)

Field of Poppies - Finished

I made a few subtle changes to the painting, and now it is done. I am really happy with the way this came out. With all the snow we have now, I loved working on this painting, and dreaming about spring! Now I am working on another abstract painting, while I figure out what I want to paint next. :)

Maybe Finished - Field of Poppies

I'm going to leave this alone over night... if I am still happy with it in the morning, I will sign it... I think it's done. :)

New Horizon - Field of Poppies - Work In Progress

My latest session with the painting included stem work and a new horizon for the painting. I am going to let it sit for the rest of the day and decide what to do next. I will study some paintings on the web and see what I need to do.

 The highlights in this photo are much more dominate than they are in the real painting. Not sure why, unless it's that the photo was taken up close, and I am looking at it now from about 3 feet away, and it looks different... or the paint might have still been wet, and has dried darker. I do think that I will blend the "highlights" in the field flowers behind the foreground flowers... then maybe I will call this one done. :)

update on Field of Poppies painting.

I worked on this painting last night, adding more detail to the flowers in the foreground. I plan on working on the foreground stems and grasses today... still much work to be done.

One final heart photo... :)

This is my friend Jan and the heart I painted for the Have a Heart gala auction last night. She is the one who gently pushed me into doing the fund raiser project for the hospital. The heart sold at auction last night. The project was a great experience, and I hope the new owner enjoys the heart.

Field of Poppies - Step by Step

I've been working on a 16x20 acrylic painting of a field of poppies. I am still not done with it, but I thought I would share the progress I am making on it with you.

 Step 1 was to prime the canvas with paint.

 Step 2 was to prime the background with dark paint to form the field.

 Step three was to get some red on the canvas.

 Step 4, starting to define the stems in the foreground

Here I added some more red, and gave the foreground flowers more depth by adding smaller flowers, and I am starting to define the petals. I still have a ton of work to do on this painting, but it is coming along... and I am having fun with it. :)

Well, as you can see, I had a bit of a temper tantrum again, I was not happy with the flowers in the foreground. I really messed them up, so rather than give up, I repainted over them, spent some time studying and doing some pencil sketches of poppies that I found photos of on the internet, and then blocked the shapes in white, so I could get some nice bright color on top of that green. I've gone a step further with this than you see now, and it is looking much better. I will show you tomorrow. I don't know yet if I am being bull-headed, and should just gesso over this canvas and completely start over, or if this will eventually be a painting I will be happy with... only time will tell.