Little Flowers

[blackmare]

One reason I like to teach is that it leads to things I'd never otherwise create. Here's one from this week's class.



Flowers, Oil on gessoed paper, ~ 8" high. It was a demo sketch, showing a student how to start with a wash of green and a fast block-in, and then build layers to create the flowers. It was going to be a throwaway, and then ... we both liked it, so after class, I kept working.

Comments

[mekare]

This is very nice. I love that background.

[blackmare]

Thank you! Sometimes, when I don't have a lot of time to finish something (as in this case), I end up leaving large parts of background really loose and thin, and I like the result a lot.

[mekare]

Backgrounds are my nemesis, I never know what to do. Yours is gorgeous.