Friday, May 16, 2014

Floating Leaf painting

Just thought I'd share a little painting that is out of my norm!

I few months ago, I was experimenting with some new pastels and polychromos oil based pencils. I used one of my photographic reference of a floating leaf with  lots of colorful patterned reflections in the water. I was determined to finish this painting in a few hours! Although I did not achieve the results I was envisioning, I am content that I did try a different approach to painting which was to not spend hours and hours working it to perfection.


"Just Floating By"




approx. 5"x7"
pastel and pencil
Available for Purchase 
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5 comments:

  1. Colette, it's wonderful. Very different effect and so interesting.

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  2. Thank you kindly Carol! Frankly, I wasn't quite sure how it would end up turning out but I just took a chance.

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  3. So different and beautiful, Colette. I love the way you painted the water ... you can see the leaf "floating by". Wonderful work!!!

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  4. Thanks Hilda! I enjoyed working with vibrant colors!

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  5. Nice job Colette! It's always good to experiment and play around with different mediums and techniques isn't it? Looks like you had fun doing this. :)

    ~Nancy

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