Tuesday 8 April 2014

WHITE ROSE III - 30 Strokes (close anyway)

WHITE ROSE III
"8 x 8" on gallery canvas
PROFESSIONAL ACRYLIC PAINTING BY SEA DEAN

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 My goal today was to create a rose with 30 Strokes of the brush. Loosening up your brushwork - A tip from Nancy Medina Join in if you like. and post your link in comments.

 I'm getting better at this although it's very trying. I'm developing some new techniques, but I have to wonder if anyone has tried this with acrylics. I have a mind to haul out my oils, and give it a go.

 Here I tried first blocking in the rose with a few sweeps of ivory white to save brushstrokes. Then I  mixed in some yellow and made a few more sweeps for warmth. Although my style is direct from the tube, I find straight acrylic violet is too cool, bright and dries a lot darker, so I added a little warm purple and some ivory mix for the shadow. Then a few outlines in a colorful brown mix.

 This is much looser than White Rose I from a few blogs ago. I'm taking Nancy to mean count the brushstrokes to create the rose, not the background as well which would be impossible. Next time I will be attempting 15 strokes. Yikes!
Cat # 14068 White Rose III - 30 Strokes
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6 comments:

  1. Sheila9 April 2014 at 09:13:00 GMT-7

    Beautiful Sea!

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  2. Sea Dean - Paint a Masterpiece9 April 2014 at 09:26:00 GMT-7

    Thank you Sheila. I do hope you get these replies. I find it hard to negotiate Google Plus. I tried really hard with this to make it lighter and softer and I like the result. It's off to a Gallery as soon as the auction is over, unless it sells.

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  3. juliefordoliver.blogspot.com9 April 2014 at 21:08:00 GMT-7

    Beautiful and I love the soft color harmony. It suits the rose.
    I must check out Nancy's blog. I know that Peggy Kroll Robert does the same exercise in her workshops. It is a good one.

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    1. Sea Dean - Paint a Masterpiece10 April 2014 at 09:22:00 GMT-7

      Thank you Julie. What was interesting here was that the dipping water was a lovely lavendar colour when I had done, which means I used hardly any complimentaries to turn it grey.

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  4. Kim Minichiello10 April 2014 at 07:21:00 GMT-7

    What a great idea! I will have to try this.

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    1. Sea Dean - Paint a Masterpiece10 April 2014 at 09:23:00 GMT-7

      Welcome to my blog Kim. I love your work. The exercise is very challenging. Quite an eye opener.

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