Flower Power
Forever blooms in a book unwilling to wilt or fade
March 2021
A BEAUTIFUL BUNCH OF FRESHLY CUT FLOWERS decorates your dining room table. So lovely. So welcoming for family and guests. Only to awake the next day to the process of death. They wilt, they fade. The petals start dripping. The pollen dropping onto your beautiful tablecloth, smudging it as you try and brush it off. It disappoints me time after time. So I started my own flower book. A book of painted flowers that can rest on my dining room table and forever be vibrant and alive. My first painting took a long time. each petal had to be perfect. And, my husband played along every single time I showed him my updates (which was about 5 times a day). He really doesn’t want to see it again! I remember experimenting with a lot of different acrylics. Amsterdam Acrylics were bright and smooth and I also used Liquitex basics since my kids had some leftover. But, it was my professional line of Liquitex that really made the yellows pop. The Cadmium Yellow Light was applied over all the yellow petals I had previously painstakingly painted which created the perfect yellow. AM
SUPPLIES USED SKETCHBOOK Ranger DWakley Media Journal 6×6 AMSTERDAM ACRYLICS King’s Blue, Quinacridone Rose, Reflex Orange, Gold Ochre, Quinacridone Rose LT, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Olive Green Light, some secret colors :)- LIQUITEX Cadmium Red Medium Hue, Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Light DERWENT GRAPHIC 5H PIGMA MICRON 01 FABER CASTELL PITT PASTEL #104 GENERAL’S MULTI-PASTEL CHALKS Van Dyke Brown ZEN ART SQUIRREL MIX PAINTBRUSH #8, #1.
AM – Visual Storyteller / Moments Told