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Practicing 'looseness' has always been a challenge for me. I want to 'correct' mistakes, make things more realistic, 'improve, improve, improve.' But last night, I got to the B&B totally wiped out and even though I had a sketch ready for painting, just couldn't muster the energy to tackle the more complex work.
In my stack of reference materials, I came across an article about painting poppies in a 'no pencil' kind of way. I thought with my fatigue, I'd just splash around some paint and see what happened.
My first attempt (below) didn't quite leave enough of the white space I was hoping for -- my second attempt (I have to admit, came after a wonderful piece of blackberry cobbler from Rebecca!! LOL) - was closer to what I was aiming for.
Both were fun -- and I hope to try a few more this weekend.
Our new college president arrives today. Festvities and welcome events are all planned, so it promises to be a busy day, especialy since we close up for the July 4th holiday after this evening.
It's going to be another scorcher! Stay cool!
Lin
It IS beautiful and loose. Love it.
ReplyDeleteBoth of the poppy paintings look good, but this one is super!!! I like the looseness of it and the rich color you used. It is fun to paint without pencil lines once in a while. I've been trying it a bit too.
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