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Friday, 10 July 2015

In the delphinium garden.



'In the delphinium garden',  mixed media, 15 by 11 ins., Fabriano paper




Sketch for the painting, ' In the delphinium garden'.


I  started this piece earlier in the week and put finishing touches to it today.   (The scan is rather off in colour as the sky is more ultramarine than cerulean blue as it appears here.)  



Linked to

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The coloured artwork was done using wax pastels (caran d'ache neocolour 1) and acrylics.  The figure and the bird were coloured in wax onto cardstock and collaged onto the sheet of watercolour paper.  The background was painted with acrylics.  There was an overlap of acrylic paint onto the wax pastels here and there.  I am still experimenting with this technique.

In other news, Toby had to visit the vet for an eye infection and got drops, jabs, and tablets.  Hopefully he will be up and about as usual very soon!




Bye for now...

12 comments:

Unknown said...

WOWZERS that is some epic art loveeee :D

Julie Lee said...

You have an exceptional talent! I love this portrait. xx

Valerie-Jael said...

Fantastic! Valerie

denthe said...

wow, those colours just make me happy.... :-)

Linda Kunsman said...

wow-this is so striking, just gorgeous!!

Maarit at Violets Corner said...

I simply adore the way you use colours, it's so inspiring to see the sketch.

Love and hugs
Maarit

Jill Holmes said...

The wide range of colors is impressive! wow!

artbyjune said...

Hi Jill, Maarit, Linda, denthe, Valerie-jael, Julie Ann Lee, Susana.

Many thanks for visiting and commenting.

The caran d'ache pastels come in a beautiful co-ordinated set of colours, and at the moment, I like to use them all...in the one picture.

Kim Dellow said...

OOooo! I feel like I've peeked into a secret box of goodies with your before sketch! love it! Thanks for sharing. I really love how you use colour. Hope Toby is doing ok. Thank you for linking up to Show Your face and for the shout out too. Kx

Giggles said...

I adore this style so much! Just wonderful and thanks for sharing your process!! Such a happy piece with all that colour!!

Hugs Giggles

artbyjune said...

Hi Kim and giggles! Thanks for visiting and commenting. I love getting your feedback

Jackie PN said...

I adore this June! Absolutely gorgeous!!! I too love your style as it really speaks to me! ")