Friday, April 4, 2014

What to do with the water?

Happy PFF everyone!

Let me start todays post by saying thank you all for visiting and leaving me a comment. I'm so thrilled to read all that you have to say to me, and now that my class is over, I might be visiting you too. Thanks!

I were playing around with my brushes, trying to paint some realistic water, using acrylics. As kids we just paint something blue and called it water. Oh my, how easy most things were in childhood. My sister always jokes about her childhood, she's saying : Childhood was a gorgeous time...................... afterwards! Yes, we tend to forgrt the problems that might have been.

Well, my water, I mixed a color that looked like water and started turning my brush, oh my it actually looks like water. Ok, lets do the land and the sky while luck is still here. One could, possibly, point at the lack of white reflections on the water, but hey, look at that water! One can't expect everything in a first try, eh?



So, now I have this fabulous background, how should I use it? What about a dragonfly? Wouldn't that be pretty close to normal? I think so, lets draw a dragonfly. With pen, right on top of my teriffic water????? Well, actually I sketched the dragonfly on paper before I transfered it to my page. I use my pan pastels at the back of my sketch, easy way to transfere. Black pan pastel most times but white if I use black or tinted paper.



I picked the colors I wanted to use on my dragonfly, Twinks watercolors. Now, watercolors on top of acrylics isn't excactly a chess move, the acrylics behave like resist so I had to be patient and put on lots of paint. But, it ended well and later I've found some lousy acrylics that works super together with watercolors.


What did you say??    a bit too large compared to the pole.................... pffffft, can't you see it's a pretty close close up?! A pole in the middle of the ocean, you say. Oh my, it's a lake and it's close to the shore, THIS side!!
No matter what, I'm very happy with my result, and I found the image of the dragonflt on the net. This was made in my art journal which is an old book I'm altering.
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you've enjoyed your visit.

18 comments:

  1. Yes, the water really does look like water! Well done! And very interesting addition, that dragonfly :-)

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  2. Fantastic, love how you have made this! Valerie

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  3. I love the dragonflies wings, dragonflies are an ongoing thing with me, I paint them all the time :)

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  4. Water is challenging and. You have done such a great job...xx

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  5. Oh, wow! Nice! You've painted the water wonderfully!! I wonder how?..:)

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  6. The water is fabulous, looks real to me. Your dragonfly is gorgeous. I love playing with sparkly twinks.
    Von

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  7. This is really wonderful,the water has a beautiful fresh feeling,and the dragon fly its georgus,love the way you used the dragonfly on the water,great job.
    Happy PPF!

    XXX Jeannette

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  8. Water can definitely be tricky sometimes, but you did an excellent job. I also LOVE your dragonfly on a pole, and the surreal feeling it gave to the page. Blessings!

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  9. Oh my goodness, the water turned out lovely! I like the way the dragonfly finishes off your work. My journal is an altered book too, aren't they fun to work in?

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  10. While I love the dragonfly, I am really blown away by the realism of the water! Wow, it is such a beautiful painting! And for the hint on how to transfer a drawing, I am so grateful.

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  11. Wow! Beautiful painting. The water has lots of movement. I also see a city in the background. Great job.

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  12. OMGGGGGGGGoshhhh!!!! This is an amazing piece. The water is very real. The dragonfly is stunning. That fact that the pole is too small leads this piece to a whole different realm of surrealism. I love this!!!!!
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  13. Jeg kan slet ikke finde ud af at tegne vand - men dette her ser helt fantastisk ud!
    Wow....

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  14. This is fabulous! It's just lights up.
    xo

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  15. Well I love the blue and golden orange colors together. Really pretty! Funny, the pole, ocean and dragonfly comments. You make me giggle!

    Happy Paint Party Friday!
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  16. Amazing work...love your water! I think the dragonfly is really fun! Good job combining acrylics and twinks. I'm sure it has an even better sheen in person!

    Hugs Giggles

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  17. Love the movement of the water and the dragonfly 's wings are perfectly delicate in their design. Nice work.
    Annabelle : )

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  18. The water is wonderful! And fun, whimsical thouch with the dragonfly!

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