This one is finished.

This one was a really fun challenge. I started with an all over collage, thinking it would become a simple vase of flowers.   Wellllll..... its hardly simple.

I sketched the flowers in charcoal, then the glass.   And the table top.  Then i painted the flowers in acryllics. 

I often work on several pieces at a time.  In this instance i had green and blue on my pallet so chose to cover some of the collage pieces, as it was so busy the flowers would never stand out. Little by little I glazed over some colors so patterns would  show through, and other places painted pieces and did some random mark making techniques to add interest.

I know it probably could benefit from simplifying background, toning it down even more...but I really like it this way. So, Im done, its signed and sealed.

In the works.

Now this one will be fun..... all experimental.  Staring with overall collage as a base.     Scraps ofvthiscandcthat. Just covering canvas.

 Second step, adding paints and glazes.

At this point I still have no idea what it might turn into.      Something will happen and it will start to develop a theme and subject.    More than likely a floral.   

Whats new ? Three pears

What i like. I like the colors. I like the subject. It was fun to do.   Its an okay painting. Someone will love it.

What I don't like.    Its only an okay painting.  No spark, nothing new.  Follows the rules but its nearly a copycat. So Im bored.    The first 14 experimental pears were fun. The pair of pears were good too.  These are mediocre.     They are a gift to someone who will love them and not be bored at all. 

Crackled photos

I was being lazy, rather than rephotographing a couple of paintings, I photographed the image from my cell phone screen.    Bad idea. I dropped my cell phone awhile back and shattered part of the screen.  Im not planning on paying 400 dollars to replace the glass, so it will stay this way for quite awhile.    I just look past it.   But now that I see it on mybtablet screen, I realize that it doesnt work to copy photos that way. 

I copy SnapChat videos of my great granddaughter by photographing them with my tablet as I play them when I open them on my cell phone.    Its a bit tricky, but I am determined to save some of them. 

If you are not familiar with Snap chat, the pictures can only be viewed a couple times and then they disappear.   Never to be seen again.     Valerie is not yet 3 months old so these videos and photos are precious to me.   Because of the crackled screen, they are not

Worth printing or duplicating, but I can see her first smiles whenever I want.    Its a limited success, good enough for me.   

Floral on black

Here's the other floral based on the black and white base.  With only a minimum amout of tweaking of the flowers which seemed so delicate against the black, I put more emphasis on the vase which I collaged with tissue paper.

I changed the shape of the

vase, used a printed tissue paper to collage the vase and added the table with stencils and some textures to the background. 

Reworking a piece

This painting had a green background.  I love green. Its my go-to color.   But after awhile it started to annoy me. Just too much green.  Too bright.    So I loaded up my brush with grey and covered it.   Now this painting has so many coats, its getting thicker and thicker.  I really must stop tweaking it.  Lol

Green leaf

Its totally absorbing to try to draw a true likeness of something from nature.   I can see why botanical drawings have fascinated so many artists.  Im not at that level so that it looks like a photograph.... but I enjoy the concentrated effort. This is a simple leaf found in the grass, dandeliom, I'd guess.