Anniversary #34

5"x7" oils

This is a small painting I did to commemorate my 34th wedding anniversary. My husband and I went to Glen Miller Park in Richmond, Indiana. This is from a photo he took of me. We had a nice picnic spread that attracted a few too many squirrels, and took a walk through a beautiful rose garden. A lovely day! 

 Here are a few of the steps:

The idea sketched out in acrylics in a repurposed book.

Step one on the canvas -laying it out.

This was a wrap around canvas, by the way. So, I had to paint the sides as well.

Step two

Step 3 The fun step.

Adding the flowers and making things sparkle.

Then step 4 at the top. Simply more details.

Here's a photo to show part of the wrap-around.

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Water Park

 "Water Park" 8 1/2 x 11" graphite and bleach (with a little bit of colored pencil) on gray paper, 

with a black and white filter.

Below is the original. The bleach turned the gray paper yellow. I just went with it. What do you do?

I knew I could just pull up a black and white version. But, how cool is bleach?! I dipped a small paint brush in bleach and ran it down a ruler for the streams of water, then grabbed an old toothbrush, took the drawing to the bathtub, and started flicking bleach all over it. After it dried I added some more graphite and a bit of colored pencil. 

Before the bleach:

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