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| French coffee and roses |
Just before I left France at the end of August I was working on a magazine article about painting vibrant still lifes. As the weather was so lovely I painted this in the garden, using flowers from the garden. I built up the colour in a series of glazes firstly with acrylics, and then moving on to oils for the finishing touches and more opaque areas.
The picture below shows the progression of stages - the first three are in acrylics, and then the last three I was using oils. I tried really hard to stop before I'd crossed all the t's and dotted all the i's, so that viewers of the painting will be able to put their imaginations to work a little.
A really beautiful piece of work!
ReplyDeleteVery calming but vibrant too (is that possible?) Lovely colours Haidee.
ReplyDeleteA lovely picture. Great composition and fabulous colours. Thanks for sharing the method used.
ReplyDeleteLove seeing your process! I like too how you put it, about stopping before crossing all your t's and doting all your i's, so true!!
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