September Challenge Day 18

I have another pen & ink with watercolor card to share today. Sometimes it feels a bit like cheating to add the color to the pen & ink because you don't have to do as much pen work but I really like the combination.

Red Tulip card

I used one of my stamps for the salutation on this card too. I think "You brighten my day" is perfect for a tulip as they are such cheerful flowers. I don't have many tulips in my garden because the deer really like them too but I enjoy seeing them in other gardens.

I am still catching up with various chores and have been using cards that I drew and painted when I was feeling better but now I have to get back to work because all my extras are gone. - Back to the drawing board!

DAY 16 - Getting Ahead

As I plan to go to Cranbrook today, I painted today's picture yesterday. I decided to play with color again; this time acrylics.

Tulips

I started with some liquid acrylics and just dribbled them on an 8 x 10 x 1.5 gallery wrap canvas. I let them run and blend adding a few spritz of water until I liked what I had and then I left it to dry. I kept looking at the canvas wondering what to do with it - mixed media? abstract? What?

I decided white flowers would look good on the somewhat vegetation looking background so I had a look through my file of flower pictures and chose these white tulips. Painting green leaves on a greenish background is a challenge all by itself but I think they turned out okay and I think the flowers pop well.

Check out Leslie's blog to see more of the art - http://lesliesaeta.blogspot.ca/ and Sea Dean's blog to vote - http://paintamasterpiece.blogspot.ca/