We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
"Little Gidding"
T S Eliot

Thursday, 9 June 2016

You are my sunshine ...

Another experiment using acrylic paint and watercolour. I found a photo of a single sunflower, and painted it with heavy body acrylics onto watercolour board.

I had found a few very old watercolour boards when having a bit of a clear out; they aren't particular robust, but suitable for having a play!




















When dry, I then did a background watercolour wash, and dropped in some granulation medium to create a bit of texture.  also used a wax crayon to add some more resist.

Where the watercolour lay on top of the acrylic areas, I just wiped it off, so acrylic is a great resist with no effect on the colour intensity. I then went back to the acrylics and did some more shading on the sunflower and leaves.

Quite like the combination.



My painting inspired me to write another haiku -

Dark skies, pure sunshine
Petals curl in fond greeting
Sunflower my sweet friend
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3 comments:

  1. Paper Creations by Shirley9 June 2016 at 12:47

    Beautiful Sunflower and painting. Excellent idea to use the watercolour as the background. Cheers Shirleyxx

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  2. Bleubeard and Elizabeth10 June 2016 at 02:53

    I didn't realize acrylic paint resisted watercolors. I suspect I should have realized that, but I was thrilled you pointed it out.

    I really like both the background and the gorgeous sunflower. The shading was spot on, too. This is frame worthy.

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  3. Linda4911 June 2016 at 20:19

    Lovely.

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