It's warm enough to work in the garden. I made a drawing from a photograph taken in January in Madeira. There were lots of these flowers growing outside and I was interested in the way the light was coming through the petals and the patterns made by the light and shade. The silk was stretched on a frame. I have drawn on the silk with a pencil and outlined the flower with gold. I used a clear resist for the leaves.
This is the finished painting having worked on it over several days last week.
Strelitzia regina
12 comments:
It's beautiful! Congratulations on your new painting! What fun painting in the garden!
it's so beautiful ! I always admire people who can draw what they see :)
This is just glorious Tessa! I love the composition too.
this is so beautiful! You managed to capture the light dancing through the flower leaves! Great job!
This is sooooo beautiful! I wish I could be out in the garden being creative, but it is still too rainy here in the NW!
Tessa, that has got to be my favorite of all time! It is gorgeous...and I love how you showed the process.
gorgeous!
Wow! That's beautiful!!
Gorgeous Tessa...you really have an eye for nature and all it's beauty !
It's beautiful. Nice seeing how your too.
Your silk painting is stunning, the colours are fabulous.
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Happy Easter, Ros
I had no idea that you work outside (when the weather cooperates). What an interesting process, and a beautiful result!
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