Yesterday by Moira Sutton
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Prima Art Alchemy Paints - Lime, Vintage Rose, Pink Blush, Wild Fuchsia, Royal Red
and Rusty Red
Stamp
from Stash
Give the pages a coat of Gesso and dry.
I took the Round Brush and loaded it with Gesso and pressed
in its side onto the paper, then continued loading the brush and moving
round in a circle, these marks are creating the petals of the flowers.
I continued with another circle inside the
original and till the circle was filled.
I repeated this to create another
flower. It is better to let this dry
naturally than to heat dry as the heat can take some of the texture out of the
gesso. You could use heavy gesso which
would give an even more pronounced texture.
I selected the five shades of pink and red to give the
depth, highlights and shadows I wanted. First I had to decide where the light was coming from, either left or right hand top corner makes
most sense and I chose tip left. I
started painting using your lightest shades towards the light sources and
darker shades away from the light with the darkest of all where light may not
reach such as in the centre of the flower head or bottom petals. I wanted a mix
of colour throughout the flower heads.
These paints blend beautifully and it is possible to layer colour on
colour and of course they leave a gorgeous soft shimmery sheen when dry. I used the Lime Green for the flower stalks.
Next I shaded in areas around the flowers with the Wax
pastels and used Gesso to blend them I was looking for a misty feel to
the background.
To complete I went back in with coloured pencils and black
and white pens adding some more definition and flower centres, some doodling
around the page, a stamped phrase and some white splashes.
Moira
Moira
5 comments
Beautiful flowers. Great texture. Lx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous flowers, they look really vibrant and I love that sentiment too :)
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Donna xx
Gorgeous blooms Moira!
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful flowers Moira and love the gesso texture too. Great pages.
ReplyDeleteFliss xx
This is fabulous Moira xx
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