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Monday, June 14, 2010
Painting #62 Cactus Shadows
I love this painting. It turned out way better than I planned.
I took my reference photo before we left Arizona because I loved all the shadows and wondered if I could get good results.
I painted the shadows first which I rarely do, then I used plastic wrap on the wet painting for texture. (Reference idea came from Karlyn Holman's book, "Watercolor, The Spirit of Spontaneity")
I painted the purple prickly pear cactus in one sitting and quit while I still liked it.
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3 comments:
Teri, this came out GREAT!!! Super cool with the plastic wrap in the background. Love that sweet touch of green in the purple too! Well done!!!
I really like this. Its got the 3 d effect so well...and I love the colours!
I, too, think this is a really pretty one. I actually thought you had painted in on some special paper until I read your comments. The shadow is lovely, and works so well with the cactus.
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