Daisy Duet

Daisy Duet
6x12x1"
acrylic on canvas, with collage, ink and stamping.
$100 Email me.

When I look back at my painting classes in art school, I know they would have never allowed the kind of work I have done this week. It was all 'old school' techniques which were fine, and produced lovely paintings, but, they were nothing like the fun I am having now!
Drawing was always my strength, but when it comes to presentation, one needs a mat, and a frame and that makes it expensive on a student budget. With this painting I have solved the problem of how to present a drawing and have it be complete and ready to hang.  Of course, the drawing isn't alone, but it would only be a pencil sketch without the color, which makes it all the more exciting to me.
I drew the flowers with pencil on paper, painted a tinted wash over them and then collaged them to the wet-with-molding-paste canvas. I had to wait for everything to dry, so I washed a sinkful of dishes and when I was done, the paint was dry and ready for color.







These flowers are from my garden, and are just about taking over the section they share with a huge hydrangea and a really large sedum. The rain of the last two weeks has revived the plants and now I have dozens of daisies to cut and paint.


The tinted wash covered the flowers completely and the background. Then I used opaque paint to bring out the petals and stems. Much easier than trying to paint in between each petal. Then I added pen lines for accents.





















My new tiny foam brush made painting the dots so fuss free. Where has this tool been all my life? The paper that I drew on was torn to make the edges interesting.
And I imbedded some of the edges in molding paste to make them blend into the surface. So much fun stuff to do.