Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Eternal Dogwood

I will try to post a new piece of art each day... It takes me a while to do this as I have arthritis in some of my fingers so typing takes me while....
This painting was done in Watercolor.  I had cut a branch from my dogwood tree and  put it in a Vase on my kitchen counter.  This was my first attempt at painting"white flowers"!  I used so many colors in this painting, but no white! The light coming through the window made interesting shadows on the flowers and it gave them a beautiful glow!.  I finished it and framed it the day before I took it to an art show. It received an Honorable Mention! I didn't get to enjoy looking at this one as it sold the first day!


7 comments:

  1. just lovely Jean, you did that no white, white very proud!

    :D

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  2. Congrats on the award and the sale Jean! It's gorgeous. And I'm impressed that you used NO whites too!

    Nancy

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  3. Can't say that I'm shocked it sold the first day - THIS IS BEAUTIFUL! Love the crop and lighting (and way to go w/ the tech, too!)

    Glad you got this up and going - looks like your a natural at it :D

    (oh and the leaves and nuts is my fav. of yours too ;) )

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  4. Thanks Toni, Nancy and Brandy! I should have explained that I used no whites because in Waterclor you save the white of the paper for the parts you want to stay white! Thank You so much for checking this out! I am beginning to feel a little better now about using a Blog!

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  5. LOL - I understood about the wc - I have a tube of white but as I'm sure you know... it's just not the same lol!

    I'm glad your feeling better about it :D (knew you could do it - I was the same way when they talked me into it, hehe

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  6. Nice job Jean! That is a beautiful painting! And you are doing a fabulous job with the blog!

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  7. Guess we do as we are told Huh Brandy!
    Thanks for the pat on the back Beth! I am trying to put some different mediums on my Blog. Nancy says to keep it looking "Professional". Not sure if I am doing that or not......

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