Friday, April 24, 2015

My Flower Garden...

so i have no green thumb!!!
unless i paint it!!!


heres my garden....
a long canvases...
no watering requiring!!
here's the steps...



gesso..


color, i dragged the color with the credit card.....


green for grass....
again i used the credit card...
no watering required!!!


stamped flowers with cardboard tube....


titan buff in flowers...
i thought i was going to leave it at this point..
but it needed color...


i started with stabile color pencils....


but i didn't like the colors...
needed more color, back to acrylics...


needed some texture in the background....
found this in my moms basement, 
thought it would make a great texture...
still not sure what it is for!!!


dragged black around the edges, i just like the way it looks!!!


some writing in the painting....



and done.....


now where to hang it???

thanks for stopping by!!!

Happy Spring!!!


16 comments:

  1. Absolutely stunning - have a great weekend Denise

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  2. Great springtime colours. You were right to go for the more vibrant acrylics.

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  3. Beautiful colors and your design is amazing! I love that you don't limit yourself in your applicators/tools, and looks like you have a total blast of a time. Many blessings!

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  4. What a great post. Excellent work Denise.:)

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  5. gorgeous work! I love the texture you got for the grass. Gotta love those credit cards :) Happy PPF!

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  6. Gorgeous and thanks for sharing your process.... the the way your shadows sit!

    Hugs Giggles

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  7. Fabulous painting Denise!!! Love the tutorial :)

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  8. Wow, beautiful and unique painting!!! Thanks for sharing the process, very interesting!

    Smiles from Belgium, Saskia :)

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  9. thanks for showing us your process, love the canvas, so bright and spring like,

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  10. This wonderful! Thank you so much for the steps, really interesting and with great results!

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  11. Love, love, love this! My medium was always paper...scrapbooking. I am now, this year, learning about paints...my goal is to get some of my work on my bare walls. I can be very timid when I start a piece but with inspiration from people like you I am pushing myself along...trying new things and enjoying the process! Thanks for sharing!

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