Sunday, March 22, 2015

Yellow Pansies

Yellow Pansies
Oil on hardboard panel, 7x5
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It is so wonderful to actually be painting spring!  This cheerful kind of pansy is my absolute favorite of them all!  So far, my giant puppy is leaving all of my blooms alone - even the pansies!  It is nothing short of a miracle!  For this painting, I brushed in the block in, getting all values and colors where I wanted them.  Next, I moved to my favorite palette knife, and started dragging paint over the base color lightly, without disturbing the layer below.  I almost always paint wet into wet, and if the layers are pressed or brushed too hard into the existing layer, then a muddy mix will follow.  Painting number 813 in 813 days :)

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