Three blooms
Posted: April 29, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized 14 CommentsThe first daffodils opened in my garden today and as with everything that blooms or buds this week, I had to get out there to capture it. For the first time I experimented with painting flowers on hot pressed paper. I’ve been using reams of the stuff for the children’s book I am illustrating but I’ve never tried it for flowers and I quite like the effects you can achieve. Although many painters consider the accidental backwashes and blooms you get on this paper an annoyance, I don’t mind them at all.
Wow..first of all on blooming before me..but I love the effect also..never even heard of hot pressed..
Thank you.
Thanks Monique. Hot pressed is a very smooth paper with no texture at all. It reacts very differently to paint than a textured paper. It dries really quickly so it’s hard to carry a wash over a large area unless you work wet-in-wet.
I like this free and loose style… was this intentional (i.e. are you trying to become a Canadian French Impressionist?) or is this the result of the need to do a really fast sketch today? It doesn’t really matter why you did it, because the result is great. I also like the loose, sparse linework in both the sketch and the border.
Thanks Ross. As I often do, I painted this twice. Once before work on a rough paper and the result was awful. I realize I don’t much like Arches paper. And then once on a sheet of Fabriano when I got home from work. Both times, rushed.
So… what was “awful” about the first one on rough paper?
They were stiff looking. Not really awful but just not loose.
I like it.
Thanks Leon!
delightful! Gotta get some of that hot pressed paper! ( in the endless hope that if I spend money at the art supply I’ll do better work !)
Try it John. I think you’ll like it. You can get all splashy with it!
Wow! Great exuberance! Really feels like a BURST of spring. Love it!
I think I will have to come back and paint your tulips again when they bloom. I did such a bad job last year but this time I will try this paper.
Love this! Only wish
of these days I will get it!
Thanks! Glad you like it Carolyn!