Showing posts with label snapdragons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snapdragons. Show all posts

Friday, April 17, 2009

"Snapdragon 2"

 
Only a few minutes ago it was Thursday, and now it's Friday, so here I am making a Friday post... I'll be away for the weekend, and will hopefully have a chance to post more new work right after I return. In the meantime here is the second Snapdragon. I had to rush a bit to complete this one as one of the blossoms died on me while I was painting, and then the photo didn't turn out so great... I really need to invest in a reliable setup for photographing my paintings as soon as I have the money.
 
The plant itself cost me $2.15 total, and is thriving happily out on the porch with plenty of new flower buds on the stalks, so I should be able to re-visit this subject in a week or two. I am pleased with the large painting return on a small monetary investment, and I look forward to the test and comparison between "old" and "new" paintings.

"Snapdragon 2" - 8" x 6" oil on Ray-Mar canvas panel


 

Thursday, April 16, 2009

eBay (almost not) Thursday - "Snapdragon 1"

 
It's that time of the week again... 11:47 PM Thursday is still Thursday, right? I bought some Snapdragons and I generated much better results painting them then I did taking photographs of the paintings. The white background makes a mess of processing; if I make it as white as it appears to the eye, the whole image looks burned out, but if I keep the highlights knocked down enough to see the canvas texture, the overall image looks like mud. I did the best I could with the JPGs, but the real articles look much better.

"Snapdragon 1" - 8" x 6" oil on Ray-Mar canvas panel