Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Tulips? in August?

I recently meant two new business owners and they have requested watercolors of tulips....in August.

I love painting flowers but I am seasonal...inspired by what is blooming in my life at the moment, but ....hey....they are wanting tulips...I can do this!!!

First I looked for photos in my computer stash and I found a few.  Tom suggested I google "tulips" but I like to work from my own photos. He said, "You'll find zillions of them there!!!!" I just glared at him for a few seconds and he walked away.

Second I opened the old shoe box marked FLOWERS and found several photos I had taken in past years. I really like the feel of photo references in my hands....and these dog eared 4 x 6's were inspiring to a point.....most I had already used over the years for lessons and paintings that had long since found a home on some one's wall.

Frustrated, I sat there at the drawing table for a few more minutes, and thought....what would I tell my students to do?  I realized that I knew evnough about tulips to design a few composition.

A few?  HA!!  I now have 13compositions I like and may paint every one of the ideas!

 Which one do you like????  
I will tell you my favorites later and post paintings!!!

#1

#2
#3
 #4
 #5
 #6
 #7
 #8
 #9
 #10
 #11
 #12

#13

4 comments:

  1. Number 7 is my favorite. Also number 12. I like that composition--off center and touching the edges.

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  2. #1 looks like the tulip on the right is a ballerina with her right arm reaching up to touch the face of her fellow ballerina.
    But yet #10 could murge into a "pop art" poster.

    But, I do think #1 is my #1.

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    1. Thanks Paula...... I may do some dancers!!!!!

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