Sunday, May 24, 2009

New waterlily WIP





I have started another waterlily in oil pastels and hope to get a series going. One of the artists who shares my studio does digitally enhanced images of wildflowers and weeds of the area. We are hoping to put together a show for next year and the waterlilies would be part of it. The garden has taken a lot of my time of late but it is getting under control so hope to get to my studio more often. This started with an oil underpainting.

9 comments:

  1. Nice!
    I love your leaves on your lillies. Juicy and so real... sun is shining right through... ( I mean both works, the first one too).
    BTW, you mentioned "need get a frame" for the first one. What frames do you usually get for your works ?

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  2. Nice!
    I love your leaves on your lillies. Juicy and so real... sun is shining right through... ( I mean both works, the first one too).
    BTW, you mentioned "need get a frame" for the first one. What frames do you usually get for your works ?

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  3. Tatiana, I usually take my painting to the frame center in the next town and get a frame that I think looks good with the painting, always wood. They cut it to size and I do the rest. Recently I discovered a designer in our building who can get the same frames(if I give him the #) for a lot less, so I am working with him now.

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  4. It's a great idea for a series, Pat and lovely as always :) I know how that garden steals time lol!

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  5. Nice. I like the idea of a series.
    I'll have to check out the frame guy. I've been unhappy with some frames I've ordered which turned out to be 'composite'.
    I was up to my studio Tuesday and am cleaning out all unfinished or hopeless work. Right into the bonfire pile. Very freeing.

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  6. Thanks everyone for your comments. I've been to that bonfire myself, especially when I moved to this studio....lol

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  7. Patricia, I just found your blog and I can't believe these are oil pastels! I didn't think such details and beautiful blending could be achieved with them. Wow. Your work is so gorgeous.

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  8. Nice idea how to show all the stages to follow the progress! Beautiful painting, as usually!

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  9. Thanks everyone, I hope to have more updates next week.

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