#30in30 - Day 29 - Making Dollar Store Buys Your Own

I’m a really bad girl when it comes to prep, so when I was cruising my local dollar store and came across a pre-printed canvas, I had to give it a try. Firstly, this is a boring composition which I will tweak at the end, but it just lent itself to a texture session.

I attended a demo by a popular artist in the area who talked about texture. At one point she said that she only puts texture on the centre of interest. In this case I chose three central roses, an off center bud and a few leaves. After texturizing I started to paint the smooth areas with dynamic brush strokes and two tone paint on the brush. Next I filled the white surround with crackle medium.

About 80 new paintings are posted on the challenge blog each day. Some artists paint daily and others post when they can. There is a core group that create a new piece each day and they should be applauded. Visit the challenge blog and see the amazing variety produced.

https://www.saetastudio.com/september-2018-30-in-30-paintings

TIP - Click on the images you like and it usually takes you to the artist’s own website so you can see more of their work, or for the more organized, to a page where you can buy them. I’m just happy o get it posted without missing a day:)

Check out what I have on sale at Artfinder this week. artfinder.com/sea-dean Items purchased in the sale will ship at the end of October. I’m enjoying a break and will come back renewed.

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